I think going from a picture to an initial starting point with well-"thought"-out structure for CAD purposes could potentially be very useful. Optimally you could just enter the measurements and be done.
Looking at the L-bracket one, the specification is actually instructing the gussets to overlap the holes, so it actually performed both better and worse than I expected
And yes, as someone who CADs mechanical parts a reasonable amount, you have to be very precise, hence me wondering how the given prompt could be useful