--- title: Why Did You Move the Cheese Again? | daily.dev description: Unnecessary software redesigns are eroding user loyalty by breaking muscle memory and forcing users to relearn familiar workflows. Familiarity in a product is... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-did-you-move-the-cheese-again--whliuo8cj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Did You Move the Cheese Again? | daily.dev og:description: Unnecessary software redesigns are eroding user loyalty by breaking muscle memory and forcing users to relearn familiar workflows. Familiarity in a product is... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-did-you-move-the-cheese-again--whliuo8cj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wHliuo8Cj.png og:image:alt: Why Did You Move the Cheese Again? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why Did You Move the Cheese Again? **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 11 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Unnecessary software redesigns are eroding user loyalty by breaking muscle memory and forcing users to relearn familiar workflows. Familiarity in a product is not a sign of staleness but evidence that the experience works. Constant UI churn leads to eroded user confidence, increased churn, and a usability gap where technically 'improved' products feel worse. The argument is for design restraint: fix what is broken, but don't move the cheese without honestly evaluating who benefits and who pays the cost. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@jeanne** · 0 upvotes >  > > Oops, guilty there... > > Good reminder indeed ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your Users Never Told You It Was Confusing. 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