I don't think it's too reductive to suggest that what you're liking is also "a feeling," just a different one than you were thinking about?
I think that would be too reductive. The objective productive factors of software are what give it actual value. The author could have chosen to write "produce useful software", but did not.
I think that would be too reductive. The objective productive factors of software are what give it actual value. The author could have chosen to write "produce useful software", but did not.