Much more fundamental is the idea that suffering itself is an unchangeable fact of life. This, I think, is what makes it so similar to Buddhism. Inact, suffering is a necessary contrast to bliss and one can induce bliss via temporary​ self-induced periods of bliss.

Perhaps then the stoic lesson is we should write some machine code from time to time to really enjoy the benefits of anything above. Or, to relate, writing a bit of Go for some time when you mostly write Haskell.