On the contrary, Kiro (https://kiro.dev) is showing that it can be done by breaking down software engineering into multiple stages (requirements, design, and tasks) and then breaking the tasks down into discrete subtasks. Each of those can then be customized and refined as much as you like. It will even sketch out initial documents for all three.

It’s still early days, but we are learning that as with software written exclusively by humans, the more specific the specifications are, the more likely the result will be as you intended.