Programmers Are Tiny Gods

I stumbled across this article in my daily RSS feeding ritual. The article itself it quite short and to the point--only 9 brief paragraphs. The author brings up some valid points and uses the metaphor of programmers being "tiny" gods. Here's my favorite paragraph.

Like designers, if you give a programmer a problem with parameters, they’ll apply every bit of genius they have to solve it in the best possible way. If you tell them how to do it, you’ll suffer the wrath of an angry God.

"...be ye therefore wise..."....

The article: http://powazek.com/posts/1655