Think of how much joy it would bring to people if the author would work on a piece of software which would be consistently useful beyond the one-time novelty.

Think of how much joy it would bring to people if the author would work on a piece of software which would be consistently useful beyond the one-time novelty. Of course, it's a matter of proportion - I'm not saying that only things of utility and no "fun" stuff need ever be produced; but this is a rather extreme case.