> It’s basically a manifestation of programmer arrogance that they’re just too damn smart to encounter a software learning curve again. It's fun to be cynical,

> It’s basically a manifestation of programmer arrogance that they’re just too damn smart to encounter a software learning curve again. It's fun to be cynical, but surely this is just yet another example of how hard it is to "just change" something for all sorts of reasons. It's funny that you bring up hubris when the pinnacle of developer hubris is "surely it can't be too hard to {build it, change it, replace it} -- I could do it!"