"The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency." I find this point extremely interesting as much of what we do as develo

"The change will be brought about as a result of a felt need for increased efficiency." I find this point extremely interesting as much of what we do as developers/engineers is automate. I've always thought of it as a good thing, even if it meant I could automate the tasks someone else was doing manually. At the same time, sometimes it's a kind of "efficiency through laziness," in that you are only wanting to have to do something "once" (even though that "once" may take a long time to build initially). There is also automation for the sake of accomplishing something greater, and not having to worry about the smaller components. I suppose it depends on what the architect's vision of greater is in that regard. I don't think (and damn sure hope) that what he describes will come true (WALL-E style) but that one line hit home a little being a developer and all.