[stdbrouw]

It seems obvious that the real question that was being asked was "How hard can it be to bake a piece of plastic into shape [given the current state of the plastics industry and technology in general]?" and the answer to that question is "not difficult at all."

If you consider everything that goes into setting up an email filter in your mail app, starting with how transistors work but also including ocean cables and the liquid crystals of your display, well, sure, it's crazy how much is needed just to drop a couple of emails into the right folders... but outside of a science documentary, that's not really what people have in mind when they ask whether something is difficult.

[OnlyOneCannolo]

It seems obvious that the real question that was being asked was "How hard can it be to type some computer words to make a program [given the current state of the software industry and technology in general]?" and the answer to that question is "not difficult at all."

Sure, you're not reinventing computer science. But a lot more work goes into making and maintaining a product than setting up an email filter.

[molsonhart]

Injection molding is really hard. I can program and I find it to be harder than computer science, by a lot.

[OnlyOneCannolo]

Thank you. It's amazing how dismissive some people are about it.