My first quick thought (and I’m very interested in feedback from others concerning this didactic illustration) is to ask if the electron orbitals of hydrogen and oxygen are the “instructions” to make H2O/water. Is the recipe for making water “coded” into hydrogen and oxygen atoms? No, we would simply say that the properties of those types of atoms bring about H2O under the right conditions. No “code” is stored.
Likewise, even though words like “recipe” (and “code”) can serve as convenient analogies when talking about DNA and protein synthesis, ultimately it is all a matter of chemistry and physics. (Of course, I say that as an evangelical Christ-follower and Molinist who has no problems affirming that God created a universe where such chemistry and physics produces such amazing DNA and living organisms!)