--- title: The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology description: A software engineer reflects on how running a small home bakery shifted their perspective on technology. Rather than valuing products for their features, they... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology | daily.dev og:description: A software engineer reflects on how running a small home bakery shifted their perspective on technology. Rather than valuing products for their features, they... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xCBBuRSXy.png og:image:alt: The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology **[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A software engineer reflects on how running a small home bakery shifted their perspective on technology. Rather than valuing products for their features, they came to value them for the mental overhead they eliminate. The key insight: real business value comes not from adding more tools, but from quietly removing unnecessary decisions so people can focus on meaningful work. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Why Good Ideas Feel Better in Your Head Than in Reality](https://daily.dev/posts/why-good-ideas-feel-better-in-your-head-than-in-reality-aztvg1fzk) · Medium · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [The Productivity Mirage](https://daily.dev/posts/the-productivity-mirage-hlke2sgqg) · Lobsters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-14T19:30:23.956Z","dateModified":"2026-07-14T19:30:41.968Z","description":"A software engineer reflects on how running a small home bakery shifted their perspective on technology. Rather than valuing products for their features, they...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b561f75f6323e5e319603adab6d53264?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/b561f75f6323e5e319603adab6d53264?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Medium","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Medium","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/medium","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-day-technology-stopped-feeling-like-technology-xcbbursxy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Medium","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Day Technology Stopped Feeling Like Technology"}]} ```