https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512600 In this post I opined that software engineering is akin to chemical

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512600 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39512600 In this post I opined that software engineering is akin to chemical engineering: the goal is a process to churn out software at massive scale much like chemical engineers find ways to produce chemicals by the kilolitre. In the software case this comes at the expense of grace, finesse, and craftsmanship, and I suggested another analogy to being a writer vs. a "literature engineer". This... is exactly what I meant by "literature engineering".