Years ago, I thought that 3D printing would be an interesting hobby … until I realized that the frustration was aligned with my software dev day job frustration

Years ago, I thought that 3D printing would be an interesting hobby … until I realized that the frustration was aligned with my software dev day job frustrations. The lathe, the chisel, the saw - crucially the opposite of additive manufacturing. What are the analogs (er digilogs?) in software dev? Tree shaking? Ah, so many metaphors!