> We know that if programmers have zero meetings then they get to build stuff that no one will ever use.

Typical agile arrogance. Yes, clearly it is impossible to define requirements without a meeting. For sure.

Many people seem to think that developers need a lot of guidance, yet I’ve never seen someone proving that point. What would happen if the team was unmanaged? Let them do what they think is right to fulfill the businesses tasks. I doubt they’d only build things no one needs…