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The analogy is strained. Software is closer to a food recipe than a building. Trying to make a 3-layer strawberry banana cake with pineapple frosting? You are going to have to bake something and taste it to see if your recipe is any good. Then make some adjustments and bake some more.

[AlotOfReading]

Is the argument here that a skilled chef has no better way to make good food than unguided trial and error? That's obviously not true, as the abundance of "random ingredient" cooking challenges will attest.