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by amelius 3750 days ago
Programming in the internet age is 1% intellectual and 99% plumbing.
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Programming CRUD apps in the internet age may be 1% intellectual and 99% plumbing (though don;t really buy that).

Programming outside the web/enterprise bubble is far less about connecting existing black boxes.

> web/enterprise bubble

That's 99% of all programming.

And this is great. It means that 99% of the programming jobs will fall to automation in the next few years. A cleansing long overdue.
Nah, we keep changing the plumbing specs and rewriting the same basic applications over and over again.