> need to stop and reprogram to stop and start according to fluctuating rules
Or just move to Texas. Or even Idaho or Dakotas. Which, under a certain angle, is good, it would lessen the wealth and expertise disbalance between states.
I still hope that California comes to senses before they would need to accept the moniker The Footgun State.
Machine shops like to be close to customers, moving might not be acceptable compromise.
I think California already has a suitable moniker: the (fool's) gold state.