I remember in the late 80s when I started professionally ... the impending obsolescence of the programmer due to 4GL code generators was upon us. Those stinking edge cases though. Where 90% of the problem/requirement can be addressed by said tools, but the final 10% (the part that really matters) can't. I'm not so sure we are any closer now than we were then. Needless to say, I've had a fruitful career.