[erulabs]

> It was genius. But it also was [...] code that I didn't feel like I wanted to deal with

You sound like a sysadmin my friend! This is exactly how I feel about plenty of software that I've allowed into production, but that now keeps me up at night and distracts me from spending time with my kids.

One of the most useful things about plain JavaScript at this point is seeing if it causes genuine disgust. It's a razor for idealism versus pragmatism.