Comment by phkahler

>> spend most of their time figuring out the code architecture (maybe with a skeleton) for others to implement the details of

I think a good use of the experienced programmer is to write some critical components well. I'm also with you on system level design: These are the important interfaces, you write this piece and you write that one.

Another example, I have an Oculus Quest 2 VR headset. It was fantastic when I got it in March. Now they've got some glitches where the rendering STOPs for a brief instant and the view is not updated with motion. I'm wondering if this is because John Carmack is no longer full time there and someone compromised some design principle in order to implement something. Once the glitches are in, they're going to be very hard to get back out as time goes on.