I wish regular people thought of hand-written software as being something within their reach.

And that there would be enough of such work in the average town that the local developer could be like a blacksmith and live in a book-lined cottage at the outskirts of town, next to a stream. Living off of quality work for local people, with maybe the occasional big software job for a hotshot rascal that swoops in occasionally with a big idea to take back to the city once things cool down a bit.