What I’m taking from this is that software engineers spend most of our time on engineering software, and writing code is (as expected) a relatively small portion of that work.
Imagine this for other engineering disciplines. “Wow structural engineers seem to spend most of their time on meetings and CAD and relatively little time physically building bridges with their hands! This is something AI can and should fix. I am very smart”
https://fortune.com/2024/12/05/amazon-developers-spend-hour-per-day-coding/
A twenty-five years old #curl bug
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/12/12/a-twenty-five-years-old-curl-bug/
The logic of IP law is simple: 'It may be utter nonsense, but if it meets the relevant legal criteria, it's your nonsense and yours alone to commercially cherish'.