> Then why bother? Because software is fun, and I get to work with cool things. There is a joy in programming in and of itself. I guess your question doesn't

> Then why bother? Because software is fun, and I get to work with cool things. There is a joy in programming in and of itself. I guess your question doesn't make sense to me. Just because it will eventually be broken, does that automatically mean there's no value in software? I don't think that's true, it just probably means you should have an analog backup process if possible, especially for critical things like government services.