[thaumasiotes]

> you don’t see the quality in handmade code like you do in a high end watch or a luxury automobile or appliance.

But you can't see the "quality" in a high end watch either. They are inferior to low-end watches by every metric you can imagine.

[caspper69]

Maybe not the actual quality, but if I put a $50k Rolex on the table and a $50 Timex, 98/100 people will choose the Rolex, right or wrong.

[thaumasiotes]

And if you put a $50k Rolex and a $20 Shmolex on the table?