If you're interested in more visual scripting, I think there's definitely still pockets of the industry where it's useful. Blender has a fantastic node-based shader programming environment, which is both simple to use and wickedly powerful. As for "general software" analogs, I think Docker/Kubernetes has really abstracted all of that problem space away. People seldom need simplified interfaces to modify their tools, most users will just want a "road warrior", set-and-forget option that works ad-infinitum, and containers fit the bill. For better or worse, statefulness and good automation options often seem to be at-odds with each other.