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There's no one-size-fits all for people nor problems.

I had great results working in 'team rooms' where people wheeled their cabinets in and out as they joined or left project-oriented teams. But I was young.

The staffies all had separate offices then. And today, I find myself most productive for the company when able to shut myself away and think.

> people can stop others from wasting time

Workers policing other workers . . . the ideal office of the pre-COVID 21st century!

I am referring to stopping someone from investing time into an approach that will not work or is not a good idea. If someone spends a couple days working on something that just gets thrown away, that person wasted that time.

I smell troll

Use of the phrase "pump out code" tells me you don't understand the problem and makes me wonder if you've ever programmed anything nontrivial yourself.