This can be difficult in a work context too. Plenty of times in my career where I had to depend on the output of another party even though I could see the mista

This can be difficult in a work context too. Plenty of times in my career where I had to depend on the output of another party even though I could see the mistakes they were making, offered advice/help, but ultimately had to work with what they developed regardless. One of the worst feelings is being right about these things. Tons of software relies on bodges to get things to work. If you tried to "fix" everything you'd go mad and never be finished... and then someone else will come along and want to "fix" it. Definitely avoid staring into the abyss. But like Camus' Sisyphus, we often have to smile in these situations and carry on with our work. Dwelling on the absurdity of it all gets us nowhere.