> While coding languages can be learned through study and practice, having an eye for design is more of an innate talent Good design can and should be learnt t

> While coding languages can be learned through study and practice, having an eye for design is more of an innate talent Good design can and should be learnt through study and practice. > the technical expertise it takes to engineer a basic back-end framework is at a much more accessible level than it was in years past knowledge of basic design techniques and guidelines are probably more accessible too. Sounds like BS written by a navel gazing designer. You don't want your product to be ugly (design) _or_ broken (engineering). Either is damaging. I wish they would quit with the us vs them attitude. Design and engineering are complementary, not competing, activities.