That argument can easily be turned around by adding a short phrase: As long as you're working on a fairly standard type of project much of the taxing minutiae

That argument can easily be turned around by adding a short phrase: As long as you're working on a fairly standard type of project much of the taxing minutiae of programming is automated away by a good IDE that, unless you're working on a very small project, the time and effort saved is worth it. In other words, that IDE which may assist you while you're building yet another CRUD project gets in the way when you're, say, developing a driver for a sensor on an IP camera based on a reverse-engineered example.