[exitb]

There are however human developers that have built enough general and project-specific expertise to be able to answer these open-ended, poorly-defined requests. In fact, given how often that happens, maybe that’s at the core of what we’re being paid for.

[brookst]

But if the business doesn’t know the goals, is it really adding any value to go fulfill poorly defined requests like “make it better”?

AI tools can also take a swing at that kind of thing. But without a product/business intent it’s just shooting in the dark, whether human or AI.

[awesome_dude]

I have to be honest, I've heard of these famed "10x" developers, but when I come close to one I only ever find "hacks" with a brittle understanding of a single architecture.