Getting hooked on computers is easy—almost anybody can make a program work, just as almost anybody can nail two pieces of wood together in a few tries. The trou

Getting hooked on computers is easy—almost anybody can make a program work, just as almost anybody can nail two pieces of wood together in a few tries. The trouble is that the market for two pieces of wood nailed together—inexpertly—is fairly small outside of the "proud grandfather" segment, and getting from there to a decent set of chairs or fitted cupboards takes talent, practice, and education https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2349257 https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2349257 Sadly it seems like a lot of software out there sits barely above the "proud grandfather" threshold and well below the "engineering"+ threshold. + as in, "build a bridge that does not crumble at the first gust of wind" or "hurl several metric tons of metal over a mix of gravel and bitumen at twice a cheeta's top speed for several hours and reliably so over 10ish years" or "put a metal can in the air with a couple hundreds occupants and get across half of the third rocky ball from the sun"