This tool only replaces a small part of a good programmer and just further highlights the differences between people blindly writing code and people building actual systems.

The challenge in software development is understanding the real world processes and constraints and turning them into a design for a functional & resilient system that doesn't collapse as people add every little idea that pops into their head.

If the hard part was "typing in code" then programmers would have been replaced long ago. But most people can't even verbally explain what they do as a series of steps & decision points such that a coherent and robust process can be documented. Once you have that it's easy to turn into code.

> Doctors and lawyers have protected their professions successfully for centuries.

And one could argue that this means we all pay more for health and legal services than we otherwise would. You have to calculate both costs and benefits; what price does society pay for those few people having very high paying jobs?

This feels like people protesting against automation by not using the automated checkout machines at a store. Go ahead, faster queues for me.