Great title for a blog about glue programming. Pretending that's what this is instead - is the increase in the amount of glue programing job (i.e. assembling s

Great title for a blog about glue programming. Pretending that's what this is instead - is the increase in the amount of glue programing job (i.e. assembling software where most of the work is really done by libraries and frameworks) really just a sign that we're missing a layer of abstraction with more appropriate tools? (bonus question: is a comment unrelated to the posted content still off-topic if it brings the conversation away from discussion about a blatant marketing post?)