If we exclude the VM the code is running on, and the OS layer, and the kernel, and the micro-code, and the standard lib, then people also like to include librar

If we exclude the VM the code is running on, and the OS layer, and the kernel, and the micro-code, and the standard lib, then people also like to include library code, and also like to depend on third party PaaS and SaaS aka the "cloud"... If you do know what all bits of your code does you can send me a PM. cough All software is shit, with few exceptions. Not necessary because the developers don't know their stuff, but likely because of business priorities, politics, and layers of management. Software is a "people problem". So if we remove the "people" we might get better software ;)