re: "taste" - whatever that even means here - you could say the same thing about any of the thousands of Bootstrap or Tailwind or whatever CRUD apps made over the years.
When we were using Hypercard or BASIC to make dumb little programs, we weren't learning any of that stuff either, really.
Making apps is so complicated now that without a little bit of help from LLMs, most kids would probably just give up.
Heck, lots of professional software developers are using LLMs to get over that hump on their side projects for the very same reason.
It's hard to even get started nowadays, and LLMs lower the barrier of entry. This is a good thing.
EDIT: Also, maybe this kid doesn't dream of being a programmer? And they just want an app that solves their immediate problem? Everyone here is being unnecessarily harsh. I hope none of you have kids.
My parents married in 1972 at age 18. Rust belt. Both worked. While comfortable, we were always worried about money and layoffs.
Friends whose parents didn't do as well as mine or who were single income households fared far worse. Definitely didn't end up with saved "extra" money.
After reading these comments, I don't want to hear any of you suggest that kids shouldn't be allowed to have unrestricted access to smartphones or social media ever again.
You think just because they built something with an LLM they won't ever "view source" on the output?
Very presumptuous.