That's a rather negative view, considering that much of software by and large is about replicating paper based processes with far less human effort involved. I

That's a rather negative view, considering that much of software by and large is about replicating paper based processes with far less human effort involved. It's fair to describe software engineers as a profession of the professionally lazy. "This takes too long to do, therefore I code." I think it's better to reinterpret the problem based on what Leetcode does well, and try to invent something that does it better. The old world of make some giant Github project a company might appreciate, or might ignore entirely, holds little attraction to me at this point.