I think the problem is that building any new abstractions is a pretty big lift today, and so innovation is slow moving. Something like this can make that innovation easier, eventually giving way to some simple YAML files.

Unfortunately, it seems like every app eventually has its own pet requirements as it matures, meaning that building new abstractions might be important as part of the UI.

But generally, I agree, tools like this are needed because existing abstractions aren't good enough. I'm just not sure they will ever be good enough when everyone has custom requirements and app-specific architectures.