No, build “#3. To develop or give form to according to a plan or process; create”

There’s a line between baking a cake and building a wedding cake where it stops being about the ingredients and starts being about the desired form. https://shunbridal.com/article/how-tobuild-a-wedding-cake

It’s in that context where building software makes sense. You need to link a bunch of different components together to make a greater whole.

I figured someone would attempt to use the technical definition to make their case.

The problem isn't one of technical definitions, it's one of performative definitions.

I am technically an Online Communications Solutions Integration Architect, and also a guy posting on an internet forum.

I was going by vibes with building a wedding cake. I don’t think writing a 3 line bash script is building software.

For small projects I tend to use write because that's what it feels like. For bigger things where there is a design element, I'll usually say designed and wrote X instead if I want emphasize its non-triviality.

I didn't think of it before but you're right building feels like implying more weight than it feels right. But also I concede this is quite subjective.

I think there's a difference between software and scripts too. Unrepentant scripter4lyfe here

Yes. Especially things like "solutions architect".