X needs to Y stuff bothers me because it’s a “everyone must be like me because I’m like me and that’s the way things are.” I gain none of the things the author attributes to writing. I don’t gain much by drawing pictures either. I do better by thinking a lot then talking it through with someone.

I think a better way to think about it is if you have a team, there’s probably someone on it that gets more done by writing it down and another person who does better by drawing it and another by coding it and another by talking it through. So, talk it through and explain the plan to stakeholders, write it down for everyone to have a definite written explanation of what was talked about, draw the diagrams to explain in pictures what’s complex in words, and code a POC to make it real - and do it together as a team. don’t tell everyone else to be like you, enjoy that they are them and they’re on your team filling the gaps. A sports team isn’t composed of uniform cogs, they take roles that exploit their natural abilities.