You described the problem very well. When I thought of an idea, it's indeed visual/verbal with memories thrown in. Then when I sit down to code, I have to worry

You described the problem very well. When I thought of an idea, it's indeed visual/verbal with memories thrown in. Then when I sit down to code, I have to worry about putting curly braces in the correct places before anything else. Though I'm not sure if a "visual" IDE will solve this. To me, it's more about a language that can express thoughts with clarity and directness, and also about a kind of literacy in code as poets would have with words and meters. Sometimes I kept thinking about those stone axes and clay tablets and scribbles on bones, and how, in a couple thousand years, they evolved into lolcats. Given this explosion of technology, what sort of new expressions in code will we see in 10-20 years? It's fascinating to think about.