> Can you build a desktop/terminal app, web app/site, mobile app, or even a library without engaging AI is probably where I’d draw the line.

Wasn't the workflow there always to take the example code of whatever library or framework it was and then customize it?

I could definitely never start a react or android or c# or whatever application from scratch with no resources. Nor would I want to because why.

Works with C I guess though. Given that the contract is so small.

But that also breaks down the moment you want to write C for some uC, and then there's tons of boilerplate again you just pull from the sdk example.