To be honest, If I code in similar projects and I prefer to code for code generation automatically. It's not full automation but definition based source code generation is exciting. Of course, If your customer needs are well shaped with certain metrics, the development process becomes easier.
20 years ago, I was thinking about software automation, I had been estimated to see quite improvements in software automation tools in 10 years. Now when I look back, some enhancements occurred such programs, frameworks etc. But not too much that I estimated.
Actually, change is only constant but automation needs time but not too much.