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Wonderful thread from Paul Cantrell:

The One Central Thing that makes building software uniquely difficult, the thing that clears up so many “Can’t you just…” misunderstandings from nontechnical software stakeholders, is this:

Humans •interpret• instructions. Software •follows• them.

Kieran Healy writes:

They practice their movements. They are taught how to hold themselves; who to defer to; what to say to their parents; how to hold their hands. The only real difference is that there is a lottery for participation. Most will only prepare. But each week, a chosen few will fully consummate the process, and be killed.