In music you can be just a singer, you can be an instrumentalist, or you can be a combination of both, usually referred to as the singer/songwriter. Often times the singer/songwriter is neither an amazing singer nor a particularly virtuosic instrumentalist but when it comes to writing a catchy song no one does it better than a singer/songwriter.
On the web I believe there’s a similar relationship between designer/developer. There are plenty of rockstar designers and plenty of rockstar developers who in their own right are amazing. However, I think the most interesting (and possibly most successful) is the designer/developer combo. They can take an idea, make it work well (and look good) and then take that and code it, making it completely functional, and immediately adjusting the design along the way if any roadblocks occur translating the design into a functional application/website/etc.
Of course, I say this as someone who does both so I might be a little bias. A person who is a designer/developer (I think) has a better ability to make decisions for themselves, streamline processes and simplify things.
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