[gashmol]

Aside - Why do we need the word "architecting" anyway? Why not just use designing?

[layer8]

Software architecture is about the higher-level, big-picture stuff: https://stackoverflow.com/a/704909/623763

[leecommamichael]

Architecting at least somewhat harkens to engineering; where there are costs, limits, tolerances, and to some degree aesthetics.

[gashmol]

I'm pretty sure every engineering field calls it designing. Perhaps software devs feel a need to inflate what they actually do.

[toolslive]

Design and architecture are 2 different things. Design is about appearance. Architecture is about structure.

[layer8]

Software design [0] isn’t about appearance.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_design