Basically you nailed it. I am an amateur “application developer” but I have 20+ years of software engineering experience, including many - building complex web applications. The thing I did 15 yrs ago isn’t even something a typical dev would be able to do. So even though it’s not what I have done a lot, I feel I am qualified enough to comment on it.

A bit like - a history teacher (me) commenting on an anthropology paper.