I could not have articulated it like this, but looking back on my career i can see it playing out, in my own work and the work of others. But it's probably wor

I could not have articulated it like this, but looking back on my career i can see it playing out, in my own work and the work of others. But it's probably worth pointing out that while cathedrals are built, with one architect's vision, not all people are capable of envisioning a cathedral. Many see only ugly 4-walled-flat-roof sprawl. They might build it really well, but its still sprawl. Equally, things improve with practice and time. My early work may be "single vision", but I'm more skilled now, my vision is clearer and my execution of that vision is improved. Wonderful software, like wonderful buildings, are wonderful partly because it is not common. Good vision is partly driven by talent, partly by experience - good software is the result of both great architecture and a capable team willing to work in service of that vision. Of course all good builders want to be architects, and few want to be remembered as the successor to someone else's vision.