I briefly actually tried to read up on the laws that governed me, since I once heard "ignorance of the law is no excuse" and also was curious what, exactly, it

I briefly actually tried to read up on the laws that governed me, since I once heard "ignorance of the law is no excuse" and also was curious what, exactly, it would take to really, no kidding, translate the tax code into python or Mlang (https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07966 https://arxiv.org/abs/2011.07966 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34579236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34579236 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25208853 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25208853 ) However, once I realized that -- as you said -- it's not just the law it's the court (and presumably IRS) rulings that supplement the law, that was too much for me and I noped out. My 2nd idea was to become an Enrolled Agent and then write up that experience, but I couldn't readily identify how much time and money that would cost