Far from mindless, just at a different abstraction level. What should the software do, what capabilities and features, how to slice it into small increments (product management work)? What user journeys, what should the screens look like (UX work)? What architecture and components, which libraries, what communication protocols, what layering, what kind of tests, what kind of data structure and data persistence (Architect/tech lead work)? For example, for the DSL syntax i'll have claude code suggest different options, and detail out one of the proposal i like best.
I have a background in coding (including assembly), worked on UX projects, as a technical architect, a product owner, and now a product manager in the last 30 years, so yes.
