Sometimes I think we're being argued against by LLMs. Critique of your example while missing the entire point of it.

There's no equivalent of experience and art in code. Writing code is not expressing your self, and you don't pay for pushing the limits and experimenting with it. That's what high end restaurants are along with service they provide.

As far as good or bad, how food is made is irreverent to the outcome if it's enjoyable.