The mismatch between the high-level notion of programming (solving interesting problems) and the daily routine is there because in practice only a relatively sm

The mismatch between the high-level notion of programming (solving interesting problems) and the daily routine is there because in practice only a relatively small part if code deals with domain knowledge, and the rest deals with mundane technicalities (persistence, validation, security, logging, diagnostics, user interface technicalities, command routing, data translation ...). The latter part certainly has its share of interesting challenges, but most of it is boring cruft.