Yes. Code "is" design, unless you're working with machine code. Code is a blueprint, not the building. We sometimes tend to take high level languages for grante

Yes. Code "is" design, unless you're working with machine code. Code is a blueprint, not the building. We sometimes tend to take high level languages for granted and forget that. Sometimes, of course, you need to go up a few notches on the abstraction level and you do some diagram or even a few lines of English prose. But, still, code IS design.