Developer's role in the system

The human domain consists of processes and tools that are operated manually. We are trying to move away from that domain all the actions that are repeatable. That does not mean that the goal is for that domain to disappear. Quite the contrary. By pushing repetitive tasks away from it, we are freeing ourselves from mundane tasks and increasing the time we spend with those that bring real value. The less we do the tasks that can be delegated to machines, the more time we can spend with those that require creativity. This philosophy is in line with strengths and weaknesses of each actor in this drama. Machines are good at crunching numbers. They know how to execute predefined operations very fast. They are much better and more reliable at that than us. Unlike machines, we are capable of critical thinking. We can be creative. We can program those...