Aside from all the pragmatic reasons that were already listed, it's also just fun to write all the parts required to make a programming language.
When Baldur's Gate 3 came out, Steam's overall bandwidth consumption went from around 18 Tbps to 146 Tbps
We’re now finding out the damaging results of the mandated return to the office–and it’s worse than we thought
Pretty much every programming job can be easily done 100% remotely. You don't need niche skills for that.
Using the date as a version number for an application that gets frequent updates is very standard. Most users will be expected to be on the latest version always.There's even a website for it https://calver.org
You know there's hundreds of hours of videos of Joe Rogan on youtube right?