I despise wood and it annoys me that we're still building everything with it.
Spent hours at HomeDepot last night sorting through every piece of cedar to find straight(ish) sticks with minimal blemishes.
So far I've managed to create a fall/death hazard today.
It was already a hidden death trap though. The railing lasted 20 years before internally rotting in such a way that a veneer of paint hid the decay.