The IKEA Effect for Software: Why We Built Apps from Flat-Packs
Osama Alghanmi · February 13, 2026Contents
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Introduction

IKEA revolutionized furniture by making it composable, flat-packed, and assembly-friendly. What if software worked the same way?

An orbital unit: an entity, its traits and its pages

Orbital unit = entity + traits + pages The IKEA Effect in Software: Why We Love What We Build (And Why That's Dangerous)

We overvalue code we write ourselves. Almadar's component architecture forces us to assemble, not invent.

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Internal systems your team can change itself.

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