Yes-- the well-worn quote proves my point. It is indistinguishable from magic to people who don't know how it works, and not challenging that perspective is a l

Yes-- the well-worn quote proves my point. It is indistinguishable from magic to people who don't know how it works, and not challenging that perspective is a luxury afforded to people who don't want to reason about it or solve real problems with it. You only know what the building blocks are for the required software. You don't know what the other far more consequential building blocks are. You can't just assume they don't exist or aren't consequential because you don't know they're there or how they work. You're looking at a straight, mile-long, 10 foot thick wall from the side and assuming you're looking at a 10 foot wide wall that's a few inches thick. And then, despite someone who builds walls like that telling you otherwise, you insist you could knock it flat with a wrecking ball in a matter of seconds. It doesn't matter if the wrecking ball is exponentially better than the hammer you're used to, it's still not going to do what you think it does. This sort of hubris which is endemic to current dev culture was a major factor in my deciding to leave the software industry.