There is a recent trend to focus too much on code, sometimes losing sight of the end goal, which is running software, and it's costing everybody precious time and money.
I will talk about the difference between code and software, and why it's so important to focus on the latter, without dismissing the former, using real-life examples and situations to illustrate the benefits of focusing on software and not just code, such as prioritizing optimizations, improving performance, fixing bugs, and even keeping tech debt under control.
