[gonzalohm]

Because sometimes programming is an art and we want people to do it as if it was something they cared about. I play chess and this is a bit like that. Why do I play against humans? Because I want to face another person like me and see what strategies they can come up with.

Of course any chess bot is going to play better, but that's not the point

[IgorPartola]

What about the other times?

[madeofpalk]

I don't think node virtual filesystems is anything like chess.

[gonzalohm]

Solving problems is not like chess? I want to use my brain, not sure why that's so complicated to understand