If so, I quite enjoyed that as a way of considering how LLM-driven exploratory coding has now become feasible. It's not quite there yet, but we're getting closer to a non-technical user being able to create a POC on their own, which would then be a much better point for them in engaging an engineer. And it will only get better from here.
You wouldn’t argue that writing in a high level language doesn’t let you produce arbitrary code because the compiler is just spitting out presets its author prepared for you.
There are 2 main differences between using an LLM to build an app for you and using a no code solution with a visual language.
1. The source code is English (which is definitely more expressive).
2. The output isn’t deterministic (even with temperature set to 0 which is probably not what you want anyway)
Both 1 and 2 are terrible ideas. I’m not sure which is worse.
The median dev on Fiverr is so awful that almost anything is more bang for your buck.
I don't think that anyone is advocating for LLMs to be used "on their own". Isn't it like saying that airplanes are useless "on their own" in 1910, before people had a chance to figure out proper runways and ATC towers?