Software will never feel the same

When I visit a restaurant, I care a lot about the food I’m being served, and I want everything I order to be delicious. But arguably, my favourite part is understanding and appreciating the decisions behind each item on the menu, as well as the menu design, the choice of cutlery, the lighting, everything. For me, going to a restaurant isn’t only about eating, it isn’t only about having a good time in a nice place: it’s also about appreciating how harmonised everything is, and how the professionals working there have organised their respective skills to make the restaurant as good as it can be. If I learn that a restaurant uses ready meals, and that the people working there simply reheat something they didn’t make and label it as their own because they’ve added some of their own seasoning, it would change my opinion of that place, even if the food served tastes as good as before. But what if I never know? What if I can’t tell if a restaurant I like cheats its way to success? If I’m…