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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by sudeepj on Thursday December 03, 2020 @11:33PM (#25298991)
> Our craft is becoming arcane

I would say is that a lot of hard problems (of last 20-30 yrs) are getting commoditised (e.g. S3, DynamoDB, Redis) and barrier to entry reduced. This would mean increasing the work is "glue & pipes".

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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by gonzo41 on Friday December 04, 2020 @02:44AM (#25300000)
Yes it's glue and pipes. Services mean that you can focus on your core product. And most products are...pretty boring.
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Re:“I've had to relearn coding to get through the new interv... by disambiguation on Friday December 04, 2020 @03:14PM (#25307174)
exactly, "software engineering" nowadays is just over-glorified plumbing
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