Automobiles have been with us for over a century now, effective electronic computers about half as long. Being influenced by both, we've used analogies to wrap our heads around the "newer" technology. These days, of course, the technologies have merged.
Of engines, binary ones get fed data and after a series of loops, conditionals and jumps a result ensues. A good car can almost jump if you step on the gas. With both machines your result usually gets realized quicker than humanly possible.
Learning how to drive on a dry sunny day is fairly simple, but try it on a slippery night! It's counter-intuitive, turn into the skid, and it is hard to see, the unknowns.
A boat is easy until you must dock in a spring river. The medium is moving, the dock isn't. A aeroplane is still more complex. You are not floating on water or rolling on pavement. You can't stop just anywhere and you need airspace for mistakes.
Programming isn't dangerous but bad code can lead you to financial ruin if your livelihood depends on it. The analogy continues in a broader fashion as tools and needed results are as fickle as airmass.
Soon after we are born knowledge of physics magically helps us move in this world. Probability and prediction guides us across the boulders in a stream, up stairs, and later how to steer and stop a car. These qualities, abstracted, are needed in today's connected and virtual world.
If you have an idea or you are hired by someone who has an idea, get it out there as soon as you can. With many cloud offerings available, there is no reason why not. Tweak and fix on the fly. Its probably free to begin with or close to it. Whether you own it or not put out as much effort as you can. It can only make it better. The better it is, the more money there is to be made.