Behind each level of abstraction lurks a programmer ready to drive a stake in the heart of your vampire. Who writes the algorithms? Again, you default to magic

Behind each level of abstraction lurks a programmer ready to drive a stake in the heart of your vampire. Who writes the algorithms? Again, you default to magic. I say engineers. Besides, algorithms are constantly being tweaked to get the outputs needed to charge more for ads. And who is doing that tweaking? Engineers, with direction from executives.