I've always thought it was a little bit pathological that we require application developers to also be experts in build and deployment. The parts that can't be

I've always thought it was a little bit pathological that we require application developers to also be experts in build and deployment. The parts that can't be automated away should be handled by (highly paid) specialists so when your dev is deciding whether to make a change they don't have to factor in how it gets from their box to production.