A building serves a utility, yet can we call all architects craftsmen? Can we say that an architect is limited to the extents of the utility in design or do those constraints actually impose a new form of art?

Similarly, cinema is an art form, yet movies are built collectively by many craftsmen. There is no mutual exclusivity there.

I think, however, artistry of software comes from the design, not the code per se. The end product can be an artpiece, or a utility, depending on how its designed.

Let’s also not forget the pure art form of software: demos. What they are to the software is what sculptures are to the architecture.