I can absolutely believe this, actually. Considering how the access to rapid prototyping has rejuvenated my interest in programming when I am a seasoned programmer, I definitely see the value in that kind of jump-start.

And yeah, without LLMs, writing code absolutely can be the bottleneck sometimes, if only for psychological reasons. I've definitely experienced something like "coder's block" before. An anti-flow state, if you will.

(But skydhash is also right. The "unknown unknowns" are a big deal and there's only so much an LLM can do about that, at least unless the user is actively aware of the general shape of that problem and trying to learn via the LLM and fill in those knowledge gaps.)