Every day, I become more and more amazed that anything ever works. It's just hacks on top of baling wire and ducktape on top of bubblegum, just barely holding

Every day, I become more and more amazed that anything ever works. It's just hacks on top of baling wire and ducktape on top of bubblegum, just barely holding things together; turtles all the way down. That old adage about seeing how the sausage is made applies to software too.