> there are still going to be instances where describing what you want is actually challenging, to the point where it would be easier if you just did it yourself

Yeah exactly. I've seen meetings between engineers get into a level of technical specificity where I've had the thought "we are just coding in english now."

Even if you're able to communicate your intent with natural language rather than a "programming language," you still arrive at a level of concrete detail that is difficult or impossible to describe without some sort of standard technical shorthand or jargon. This is true whether the "listener" is an LLM, some other sophisticated machine interpreter, or just another person.