There was a time that only experts could "make" websites (mid 90s). Today you can get a wordpress blog with a nice template and look as good as a lot of major

There was a time that only experts could "make" websites (mid 90s). Today you can get a wordpress blog with a nice template and look as good as a lot of major websites. So we're partially there as far as the web goes. I'd argue that frameworks like Rails have significantly lowered the barrier to entry for web programming. It isn't "easy" per se, but significantly easier than just 10 years ago.