I thought we were all doing that already?

Jesus, dude. There are managers reading this.

What do you think they do all day?

The larger pattern is not unique to writing code. Think of it next time a reorg comes, or some random thing gets "improved" in the name of "efficiency" only management seems to see.

Take them out of the loop.

Unless they are not human.

They became obsolete when they stopped clearing obstacles, stopped masking politics, and started acting as a proxy for JIRA.

But it's just they way it has always been done, so they get paid to meddle.

I’m guessing you wouldn’t really rather be managed by a bot..,

>_<

The idea is to take the human out of the loop.

    > But in 30 days we could put in electronic relays. Get the men out of the loop.

    > Gentlemen...
    > I wouldn't trust this overgrown pile of microchips further than I could throw it. I don't know if 
    > you wanna trust the safety of our country to some... silicon diode...