I agree. I find myself making this comparison often. But, I would add a slight caveat to your point because writing takes many forms. For example, the comment I

I agree. I find myself making this comparison often. But, I would add a slight caveat to your point because writing takes many forms. For example, the comment I'm writing at this moment does not feel cognitively taxing (loosely speaking). However, writing a manuscript for publication feels very similar to writing code, at least to me. All of this is to say that I think technical writing is similar to writing code.