I think you're preaching to the choir here. I'm not defending workaholism, just pointing out that commoditized code makes wage-work development a race to the bo

I think you're preaching to the choir here. I'm not defending workaholism, just pointing out that commoditized code makes wage-work development a race to the bottom. Working hard isn't a "virtue", it's just something that business owners can amplify in an effort to pit workers against each other, especially for online software that doesn't require geographic proximity. Imagine the same long hours but at 10% the current wages. Manufacturing has gone through the whole outsourcing-to-reshoring rollercoaster, and that's only just starting to touch coding. Give it 10-20 years and it'll be much worse for American devs as domestic competition increases and the rest of the world catches up, all while the advertising bubble bursts and climate refugeeism increases. I'm not glorifying back-breaking labor, I'm worrying about our future. Japan is a perfect case in point... that's the kind of society I'd like to avoid, feudalism with perfunctory "pick your favorite lord" days. But as wealth increasingly concentrates in fewer and fewer hands and democracy crumbles, I think that sort of dystopia is unavoidable. Japan got to that point even with deeply entrenched racism and xenophobia, where labor immigration isn't a big part of their workforce... and they still developed those problems. In a society like ours, where capital is free to hire work from basically anyone and anywhere, it's going to be even more amplified. Bad time to have kids.