Yes. If you hack stuff together, you need much less support than if you try to do engineering. Source: Having spent almost 4 decades on this fun, both on hacke

Yes. If you hack stuff together, you need much less support than if you try to do engineering. Source: Having spent almost 4 decades on this fun, both on hackety-hack world and engineering world, both as IC and manager. The role exists for a reason, but the reasons aren't true for every situation, nor is the exact shape of the role the same across teams. These nuances matters very much when you're trying to decide if it should exist or it shouldn't.