This seems rather a stretch , I don't see anybody suggesting that this is a panacea but I see no downside to this approach. There is no loss of clarity in writ

This seems rather a stretch , I don't see anybody suggesting that this is a panacea but I see no downside to this approach. There is no loss of clarity in writing whether your hypothetical developer is a "he" , "she" or any other pronoun. It is certainly preferable to clumsily using "they".