On Craft
I don't like this much - somewhat vague romantic sentimentalism under a heading of "craft".<p>I don't consider recognising trees as craft... or ride-on mowers as blue-collar... or being afraid of someone on the street at night as recognising the "soon to be broken"... or that "cadence" is a safety measure. It's often the reverse, cadence suggests not stopping when safety/quality is often about anyone being able to stop the line.<p>As for the "family fixer"... I've known a few and the motivation has not been craft but as an emotional escape. Sit down and talk to your family? Nope, time to rehang all the pictures on the wall. I can recognise their panicked scan of their environment, desperately looking for something that could need attention. I think we often see "craft" type justifications for unnecessary work in software teams that are really avoidance of something more aversive.<p>Where I find the "fixer" perspective interesting, it's understanding that the world is mutable and that you have the power to change it. It's a more natural human instinct to accept things that are causing a problem. It's not even lazinesses holding people back, it's not seeing the possibilities.