Hardware engineers say the same thing "only we see a computer in it's full resolution, software engineers see just an abstraction which hides the grotesque reality"

Can't disagree with that.

Reminds me of the XKCD with the mathematicians all the way over there... Oh, hi!

Ironic that multiple levels of abstraction understanding, from mathematics to physics to hardware to software to management and marketing are all required to make a single, successful product that can touch the world. All these eyes of needles to be lined up and threaded.

It's nice to stand back in awe occasionally. Then return to complaining about hardware prices and AI slop ;)