> with almost no feedback when things break It was kind of like that back in the days of "shrink-wrapped" (even if it wasn't really shrink wrapped) software, t

> with almost no feedback when things break It was kind of like that back in the days of "shrink-wrapped" (even if it wasn't really shrink wrapped) software, too, though - I remember trying to debug problems that were specific to a particular environment on remote computer users computers before the internet. At least with apps you can build in some sort of telemetry. But yeah, things are way more complicated than they used to be, and it takes a lot longer than most people appreciate to go from zero to productive.