[briHass]

I'd argue that is actually the hard part of software engineering. Sure, I can learn the basic syntax of a new coding language in a week or so, but learning all the deep frameworks to do non-trivial stuff, conventions, deployment, and how to diagnose bugs can take years to become expert at.

Much of this feels like needless complexity, but its ubiquity in almost every stack points to something fundamental, in my opinion: the classic 80/20 rule. That last, irreducible 20% complexity is where the dragons lie. Expectations for software have grown, and boundless flexibility is table stakes.