Or they are just lazy. Recently I had to implement text search and making it load the results instantaneously on every keystroke is easier than implementing a delay. I was hoping the client wouldn’t complain, and thus far he has not.

Or it is not a Software engineer's responsibility? There are roles for that, UI Designer, UX Designer....

haha, there is that word again - "taste", another way of saying design sensibility, or "good eye". "Taste" is now gaining popularity, ever since LLMs have made is accessible for anyone to create anything.

At its core, the idea is the same - some folks can produce exceptional products with same tools, but it is now packaged for the LLM era.

Just for what it’s worth, it is a very, very common and basic vocabulary term in any creative field including UI/UX.

The first thing a novice struggles with and reads 30 Medium articles from 2014 about is their taste exceeding their skill, and how to close that gap.