Automation of a task drains the joy out of it. And now, automation is coming to programming. One can now discuss hand-crafter software like they discuss handcrafted instruments or artwork…. Perhaps it’s curious why it took so long to do to itself what it did to other fields. Or will writing code become like doing crosswords, for amusement?
They called secretaries pink-collar workers after computers destroyed their field. Guess developers are t-shirt workers headed out the door?