> My whole point is that I don't want it to build an entire feature from one prompt. At most, I want to work with an agent to nail down the spec and then work with an agent that orchestrates the implementation via other agents, same for testing, etc. None of that requires frontier capabilities

I don't think anyone is stopping you. This is an entirely valid way of working.

I for one am glad to leave that behind me. The sooner I never have to write another line of code the better (professional software engineer for nearly 30 years here, for context).