[schmookeeg]

The last year has really intensified how often I see this question here or on reddit or otherwhere in my online travels.

You're describing MLOps.

Why would you want to make this transition if you're not keen on the underlying math? Why not include DevOps or SRE if you're interested in code-based pipelines, deployments, and scaling? How are you going to get into things like drift detection without understanding the math?

(...hoping for an answer that isn't shouted by Rod Tidwell at Jerry Maguire -- but genuinely curious why I'm seeing this so much and trying not to make a cynical assumption :) )