I agree with most of what you wrote, but disagree with the part about programming not being a craft, or that algorithms are not useful to understand. There is d

I agree with most of what you wrote, but disagree with the part about programming not being a craft, or that algorithms are not useful to understand. There is definitely a great deal of skill involved and certain parts of it can be mastered. as an art/science/profession there’s so much we don’t yet understand about software. there hasn’t been enough time to establish comprehensive standards and best practices. But that doesn’t mean anything goes. I know that’s not exactly what you were getting at, but just wanted to add my 2c ;)