[gxs]

This sounds odd to me.

Is there no planning flow where you work/have worked? I understand giving developers freedom to build, but some sort of oversight by someone with a view of everything that's going on is also necessary.

Typically there are entire planning exercises that happen before stuff even hits a JIRA board.

These are usually conducted by Product Managers, Project Managers, analysts, and often in startups the CEO themselves.

The fact that people are off building features willy nilly sounds like it would contribute to messy code base.

Knowing what's next helps plan the work on the developer side as well which also minimizes the blast radius.