Yes
It does work for these things, but you have to already know how to do what the LLM is doing
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Helped: Breaking problems into simple constituent parts and using natural language interface.
Got in the way: Creating a working prototype of a basic game from a single prompt.
… That said, I'm using it to build a far more complex enterprise web app step by step by using it in the way I mentioned above. It does work for these things, but you have to already know how to do what the LLM is doing.