Bit of a tangent, but this reminds me of a video[1] I watched a bit ago where there was someone who interviewed 20 or so people who were both engineers and programmers, and asked them what the two fields could learn from each other. One of the things it mentioned from the perspective of a physically-based engineer is that a little more up-front planning can make a big difference, and that's stuck with me ever since.

[1] (pretty sure this is the right one): https://youtu.be/CmIGPGPdxTI