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> Our craft is becoming arcane I would say is that a lot of hard problems (of last 20-30 yrs) are getting commoditised (e.g. S3, DynamoDB, Redis) and barrier t
by sudeepj 6y ago
> Our craft is becoming arcane
I would say is that a lot of hard problems (of last 20-30 yrs) are getting commoditised (e.g. S3, DynamoDB, Redis) and barrier to entry reduced. This would mean increasing the work is "glue & pipes".
- gonzo41 6y agoYes it's glue and pipes. Services mean that you can focus on your core product. And most products are...pretty boring.
- disambiguation 6y agoexactly, "software engineering" nowadays is just over-glorified plumbing