Mainly because, every bridge is more like every other bridge than not.
Every skyscraper is more like others than not.
While there are some parts of new software that are more similar than not, and these are more 'engineering like'. The majority is not.
Evidenced by; if you did a 'diff' between plans of a bridge you would get a limited number of differences. When you do a diff between an os, browser, slack, the code that runs this site you get a lot more differences. You need to consider each and every detail. This is not 'big-picture'. Big pictures do not construct things.
Sure, there are lots of similar projects and maybe you can apply a more traditional engineering approach to those.
It is interesting to note, LLMS are bringing the similarities out. You can ask for something and it can code up something from something it has seen that is similar. But, as anyone who has used them, will know, it's only partially correct in its interpretation of that simimilarity.
While there are some parts of new software that are more similar than not, and these are more 'engineering like'. The majority is not.
Evidenced by; if you did a 'diff' between plans of a bridge you would get a limited number of differences. When you do a diff between an os, browser, slack, the code that runs this site you get a lot more differences. You need to consider each and every detail. This is not 'big-picture'. Big pictures do not construct things.
Sure, there are lots of similar projects and maybe you can apply a more traditional engineering approach to those.
It is interesting to note, LLMS are bringing the similarities out. You can ask for something and it can code up something from something it has seen that is similar. But, as anyone who has used them, will know, it's only partially correct in its interpretation of that simimilarity.