Exactly. I have the same thought about Conway's Law aka "the software structure will end up matching the company's org chart". Conway's Law is not a code smell

Exactly. I have the same thought about Conway's Law aka "the software structure will end up matching the company's org chart". Conway's Law is not a code smell to be avoided. Avoiding it is sisyphean, a band-aid, and nearly impossible. Instead, Conway's Law is a way, indeed the only sustainable way, to choose the software structure.