> Programming is different from art or writing in that nobody gives a fuck about the code, only the results

Nobody except the programmers, I guess. Quite a few of us care about the craft

I guess the same can be said about plumbing and HVAC installations.

I think art is different from the rest in that it lost utilitarian value. In other words, Art is degenerative by definition.

	▲	swiftcoder 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I guess the same can be said about plumbing and HVAC installations. I feel like both of those have fewer paths to a successful end-product, and minor issues in the final product are way more visible to the users thereof. We tend to have a pretty high tolerance for minor software "quirks", unlike if the hot water system or the drains start acting up...