Frustration Driven Development

This article argues that frustration is a powerful engineering asset that drives great developers to eliminate repetitive tasks permanently. It presents a philosophy called 'Frustration Driven Development' where engineers should not just do work but remove work entirely. Examples include speeding up CI/CD by paying for faster GitHub workers, automating permission granting with a self-service UI, and writing tests for edge cases in invoicing code. The key insight is that the best engineering task is no task, achieved by building tools, scripts, and systems that prevent future requests. The article provides practical advice for developers to channel annoyance into lasting solutions.