I'm an atheist, but if there's a God then I am grateful to her for granting me the wisdom to pay off my house before retiring instead of investing that money in some horseshit.
Its a shelter from storms, both physically and metaphorically.
My mental model of the 'new normal' is end users using AI to get their work done.
So if I re-worded the OP's description and replaced 'internal tools' with 'internal AIs' then this would at least seem like a more reasonable process to me...
> At our startup, engineers don't build features anymore.
> They build APIs that internal AIs can connect to.
> Most "features" like running an SQL query, sending a push notification when product X is ordered gets built by ops or product folks using those tools.
To me this describes a team of engineers that use AI-capable tools and that are building 'features' for themselves.
In the way that us dinosaurs used to write build scripts.
I'm not saying that my mental model is right or wrong, just that working this way seems reasonable if you buy into my model.
>> But nothing has the quality of life impact of smart blinds <<
I have a ton of sleep problems and just wanna push back here a little... going for a brisk walk in the fresh air and sunshine every day works a lot better for me.