The article focuses on computer programmers and problems that arose at the turn of the 21st century. Many problems arose in computer software during Y2K. Some asynchronous transfer modes with a four-day, look-ahead feature refused service when the four-day period spanned the turn of the century. A videostore that charged for a video tape assumed to have been checked out in the 1900. A lot of highly visible professional people spoke out on the subject of the Y2K computer problem, although their technical knowledge of the field was basically subzero. It's a commonly acknowledged fact that some fields are burnout-prone. For example, people in the crime/corrections field tend to see everyone around them as a potential criminal. But there are many positive things to say about the state of software practice and there was a need to provide a platform from which those things could be said. And given the Y2K nonevent, it's time for the practical programmers who made the computer problems of Y2K fade into obscurity.