The last time my family was replaced by technology

A personal essay draws a parallel between the author's great-great-grandfather, a farrier who became a mechanic as cars replaced horses, and today's developers anxious about AI replacing their jobs. The author argues that past technological disruptions felt just as existential to those living through them, and suggests that what developers truly love about their work is not coding itself but the joy of building and solving problems, so purpose can survive a change in tools.

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