One of the things I find exhausting and off-putting about the world of software is the rapid obsolescence of everything.
Not just products, but also tools and platforms.
There are very, very few equivalents to "buy a lawnmower, tune up and winterize every year, and use it for 20 years." By the third year of ownership it would be impossible to buy some subset of the air filter, the oil filter, the spark plugs, the blades, the wrenches, or the nuts. By year 6 it would be all those plus gas.
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