I agree it wasn't just "writing specs", but I think the parent meant that the surgeon could offload the lesser repetitive work. I think it was more about removi

I agree it wasn't just "writing specs", but I think the parent meant that the surgeon could offload the lesser repetitive work. I think it was more about removing distractions. IIRC I think there was a "tools specialist" on the surgeon team. I find writing tools to support my work very helpful; and they are interesting, challenging and rewarding to write, but they do take headspace away from the main task. I think this is the idea of the surgeon team. There was also a documenter; which is also very helpful but difficult to do well. I'm not sure why this never took off (wrong ratios? people don't get along? communicating with the team is itself adds too much overhead? the surgeon's work is too raw for that support?), but I find it helpful to think in terms of these roles within myself.