I just wrote about this over on the new website.
Still early days but about time I finally found the time to pull it together 😃 the team and I will have more updates soon!
The answer to “Should designers learn to code?”
Yes.
…you don’t need to be a Ruby dev. Learning to code is a much bigger discussion than this, but you should at least understand enough HTML to make a change to a webpage. If I bump into a student carrying a portfolio of chalk drawings and they ask, should I learn to code, I’ll reply yes. If nothing else they will be able put those chalk drawings on the internet