[jaynetics]

> Presupposing that all programming is in the pursuit of grand designs (...) is the only thing that would justify it.

Inversely, chopping up developers' days might be one way to keep them small, bug-fixing, value-tweaking, code-pasting peons.

[KnobbleMcKnees]

That's fair, there's definitely problems in swinging to the other extreme. But the reality is, both exist.