Comment by analog31

The first thing I noticed was the graph of cost vs quality, with two quadrants. And I realize software is a unique industry, but in many other industries there's a third quadrant: Higher quality at lower cost. Electronics is an example. Virtually nobody wants or even remembers artisanal electronics.

In fact, getting out of the two quadrant mindset, and seeking the third, is part of the learning process for developing modern industrial products. And where I work, adjacent to a software development department, I think the devs are aware of this as well. They wanted to benefit from further automation -- the thing I think they're coping with is that it seems to be happening so quickly.