The interesting question is how they organize these tremendous design efforts before laying the first brick. In software, there just is no construction phase after the design phase.
Nod, we don’t have to deal with the pesky issues of moving actual physical objects to be in specific contact in certain ways with other physical objects. Once we figure out a design that compiles (in commercial construction, that would be a plan that passes validation/sign off), we’re ‘done’ except for the pesky bug fixing, iteration, follow up, etc.
Writing code is very close to what 90% of the drafting work is for construction (aka some relatively junior person figuring out exactly how many bricks would fit in this space, and how thick it would need to be, to meet the requirements his senior person told him he had to meet - and trying a couple other options when that is obviously BS that doesn’t work the first few times, and then everyone refactoring things when it turns out the first idea causes too many issues and the architect’s grand plan for a 50 ft open span in an area is impossible with current materials).
