Comment by bayindirh
6 hours ago
> So what?
Think before you act. The machine has no brain. Use yours.
> Part of every development job is learning the product domain.
Yes.
> In that case devs become comfortable with reading standard/law/regulations and anticipating when software implementation might interact with the areas covered.
This is what I'm saying, too. A developer needs to think whether what they are doing is OK by the regulation they're flying against. They need to ask for permissions by asking themselves "wait, is this OK by the regulation I'm trying to comply?".
> But trying to isolate the development team from it is just asking for micromanagers.
Nope, I'm all for taking initiatives, and against micromanagement. However, I'm also against "I need no permission because I'm doing something amazing" attitude. So own your craft, "code responsibly".
Oh, I thought you were disagreeing with hamandcheese's point that every little decision doesn't need to go through a product owner before anything happens.
No, not at all. by "the book", I meant regulations, not the management. :)