This is unnecessarily combative though it’s also probable I’m reading too much into this since I’m one of those swervers - from cloud computing guru to AI afici

This is unnecessarily combative though it’s also probable I’m reading too much into this since I’m one of those swervers - from cloud computing guru to AI aficionado. Personally, my mental bent is towards tinkering - I like wiring things up to make them work. I used to do that with wires and screwdrivers as a kid, now I read api docs and do the same thing. The point being, it’s likely that I’ll continue connecting things to each other just to see how they work and offer that as a service until the day I die. You need people who invent the algos, people to wire up algos to each other, people to sell this service to people, people to want to pay for that service, and so on. None is better than the other. They’re all necessary for people to put food on the table and live the life they want. Sneering at them is pointless.