Coming from an optics/electronics background, it's fascinating to see how much debate there is here around whether a design document is useful or not. I don't t

Coming from an optics/electronics background, it's fascinating to see how much debate there is here around whether a design document is useful or not. I don't think any engineer outside software would start a project without writing at least a few paragraphs to make sure everyone agrees on what needs to be built, and that there's no major blocker. I blame the low cost of iteration in the software world (even lower now with LLMs).