[specialist]

This is an old story. Every domain I've worked in featured a chasm between the domain experts and the software folks. Experts write terrible software that somehow mostly works. Software folks misunderstand the problem and create overwrought monstrosities.

In my experience, this applies to accounting software, sensor data, computer-aided design, print manufacturing, healthcare, etc.

I imagine there's phases of maturity, something akin to CMM/SEI. Eventually there's enough people with a foot on both sides to bridge the gap.

It just takes time.