The Automator's Creed

My duck is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
Without me, my duck is useless. Without my duck, I am useless. I must talk to my duck continuously. I must say more words to my duck than my internal monologue who is trying to distract me. I must talk to my duck before I talk to myself. I will …
My duck and I know that what counts in software is not the lines we type, nor the noise of our keyboard, nor the pull requests we submit. We know that it is the solutions that count. We will solve …
My duck is human, even as I, because it is my work. Thus, I will learn it as a sibling. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its reticence, its certitude, its verbosity and its brevity. I will keep my duck by my right hand, even as I am right-handed. We will become part of each other. We will …
Before the universe, I swear this creed. My duck and myself are the solvers of our problems. We are the masters of ourselves. We are the saviors of my work.
So be it, until there is no problem, but peace. Amen.