> difference between code used to implement a product and when code _is_ the product
Care to elaborate? I don't understand the difference unless you mean code that _is_ the product, being OSS code or code for license.
Care to elaborate? I don't understand the difference unless you mean code that _is_ the product, being OSS code or code for license.
If you're writing OSS code or software projects expected to be used by others that may have constraints like that, then by all means the code that gets output matters itself. But even still I'd argue that the cost of writing code manually to get there is still a bottleneck.
But when you factor in today's favorite business model of "make it shitty", perhaps this matters very little.
So, the product vs everything that is needed on the way, but isn’t the core.
CI/CD tooling, template population…. Things you write a use once/use few script for.
I typically end up with a library of tools to deal with repetitive finicky tasks.