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Personal software factories are a waste of time
A developer argues that building personal 'software factories' — elaborate custom toolchains and automation pipelines for solo projects — ends up wasting more time than it saves. The piece challenges a popular idea in programming circles that developers should invest heavily in their own tooling, prompting debate over how much automation is actually worth it for individuals.
Why now: It pushes back against a currently fashionable idea about developer productivity and AI-era tooling.
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- Personal software factories are a waste of time · thegreatpeter · 108
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