Ayende wrote about getting from a small utility to… a small utility.

Let me see – I developed (or was part of a team that developed):
1. Utility (Those were the days…)
2. Project
3. Application. (This was a bigger project, which got bigger)
5. Framework (I should have made a U turn here).
8. Platform. (Made and designed parts. Thought that they would live forever…).

And I certainly can see where the second coming of the Utility can make life simpler. Again…