Not all problems are technical. Some are social. Velocity of a large team should absolutely be taken into account when designing software. Does the concept of an assembly line also upset you? Not every thing can be done by a single craftsperson working in isolation or in a small group.

I'm not suggesting where we ended up is ideal, but it has utility. I hope for a language reset akin to kotlin for the c++ community at some point to help resolve the complexity we've managed accumulate over decades. There is a decent amount of effort from various parts of the ecosystem to accomplish this.