Labor Day, Software Development, and the Work We Should Be Automating
I have always believed part of my job is to make parts of my job unnecessary. Automate the repetitive work. Fix the friction. Teach someone else what I know. Build systems that do not depend on me. Then move on to the next important problem. That mindset has shaped much of what I have been working on lately, and Labor Day seemed like a fitting time to think about why. Labor Day grew out of the ...