It's a false analogy. Programming has a lot more in common with portrait painting or sculpting than building something physical like a house. It is very hard

It's a false analogy. Programming has a lot more in common with portrait painting or sculpting than building something physical like a house. It is very hard and expensive to change physical things, software is relatively easily comparatively to change. Because software is changeable and pliable, it is practical to not make all decisions in advance.