Craftsmanship means quality.
A good example is “handcrafted signature” by Mercedes Benz AMG engine. To get the engine assembled they put together already prepared parts from commonly available materials. Then philosophy “One man. One Engine.” [1] precisely describes level of personal responsibility put into work to make sure supreme quality of the final product.
Such a process gives clear ownership and reduces chances of miscommunication during assembly entirely. Software development processes are often compared to manufacturing [2], [3]. This is exactly the case: as software engineering means assembling already existing parts (code) into more complex engine or system.
The rest of the post takes the form of a quest. As it turns out the Internet tends to forget fine things. Because they should not be forgotten.
First, I am 90% sure Mercedes had a similar process for assembly of a model with artisan signature in the end. In that case car engine and parts would come as inputs, and engineer following strict process: scanning a next part into computer before using it to incorporate into the final product would execute quality-ensuring checklist. The automated checklist is a good example to make sure quality steadily remains and sometimes increases as there is a way to detect abnormal, or broken sequence. If you have a link to a video – post in the comments.
Lastly, below is a more emotional example from the realm of art. In this case simple signature done with a lipstick turns satellite dish into a lady.
As you would guess I could not find the original name and author of the painting. All AI tools did offer convincing description by prompt as well as dozens of possible pairs of names. Unfortunately, all turned out to be hallucinations. It was necessary to improvise. Results are below. If you know the answer and/or have a link to original art – post in the comments.
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| Satellite dish |
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| With a minor signature turns out to be a lady |
References
[2] – “Lean Startup”, - Eric Ries
[3] – “The Phoenix Project”, - Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
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