I read "Programming Sucks" last night. While that essay stands well on its own (and is utterly hilarious, in a painful sort of way), it is, as Stokes mentions,

I read "Programming Sucks" last night. While that essay stands well on its own (and is utterly hilarious, in a painful sort of way), it is, as Stokes mentions, a bit one-sided, and this is precisely the counterpoint it needed.