I just solved a system-wide, time-consuming problem by making it cease to exist. Rather than writing code, I rendered a lot of existing code irrelevant (it has

I just solved a system-wide, time-consuming problem by making it cease to exist. Rather than writing code, I rendered a lot of existing code irrelevant (it has architectural implications as well). According to the typists, that's not "programming", because I didn't "code" anything. Feh. The actual implementation will touch hundreds of lines of code across numerous programs, but it's trivial. A monkey could do it, if told how. I'm gonna tell the monkeys and let them do it. Realizing a better solution for a thorny problem? That's interesting. That's the real fun of programming.