What leads you to think that? All the engineers I know always choose the language depending on the project details, scope, their own or team preferences, etc.

> Humans don't code anymore

I find that difficult to believe. Is there some objective evidence?

Quite the contrary: the barrier to rolling your own <anything> was never lower.

As others have proclaimed: what matters is taste. And (perhaps?) a deep understanding of the subject matter. Which may or may not be encoded in formal specifications. But may also include 'fuzzy' domain-specific knowledge that can't be scraped from the web.

> Humans don't code anymore

I do, and I'm far from alone. Whether 'product' gains traction, that's another matter. But you know what? It doesn't matter. If it works for [author], that's enough.

Why? Did mathematics end when pocket calculators became popular? As today, the world initially overreacted (as usual): calculator opponents did warn about dependence, loss of arithmetic skills, and erosion of mathematical understanding. Making an existing exercise easier does not establish that the underlying discipline is in jeopardy.

"The days of the very thing happening here are gone."

Uh, no.