I think somewhere in there was a point about how when these different roles (backend, frontend, ux, dogfood, etc) are distributed across multiple developers ins

I think somewhere in there was a point about how when these different roles (backend, frontend, ux, dogfood, etc) are distributed across multiple developers instead of one, connections between the roles are outside of a brain and so need to be optimized explicitly. It was framed for a reader already convinced that management of developers is not useful, but didn't make that clear. Lesson for GP: implicitly assuming a position that your audience may not have can be confusing -- a barrier to communication Edit: from other comments, looks like i was wrong and it was utter nonsense