TBH, programming has lacked creativity since complilers got within 90% as good as hand-rolled assembly.
Hand-rolled assembly wasn't really fun because you could type it and get a response instantly, rather than the creative good old days of mailing in punch cards and waiting weeks for a result.
Punch cards weren't fun either, because using a computer wasn't creative. Doing math by hand was.
Ad nauseum.
If you think that really fucking excellent portal-opening tools don't enable creativity, you just have a dim view of what creativity is.
Hand-rolled assembly wasn't really fun because you could type it and get a response instantly, rather than the creative good old days of mailing in punch cards and waiting weeks for a result.
Punch cards weren't fun either, because using a computer wasn't creative. Doing math by hand was.
Ad nauseum.
If you think that really fucking excellent portal-opening tools don't enable creativity, you just have a dim view of what creativity is.