[Night_Thastus]

Well said. I do get the appeal of a somewhat fiddly tool though. Tool gives you a little puzzle each day, then you solve it! A little puzzle solved/accomplishment a day keeps people sane. Plus I think it's just nice to feel like you really understand the tool you're using and know it's 'language' for lack of a better word.

I think I've fallen into the same camp of getting tired of things not 'just working' out of the box. Now I'm always happy to use something with less friction over more.

Would I like to use something with community plugins like VS Code and configure it to be exactly what I want? Sure. But everything where I work was designed for bigger editors like QTCreator and then VS - so that's what I use because it has the least friction with our workflow. Would I like to get the absolute best hi-fi music player application? Sure. But HQPlayer is a pain to learn and configure, so I just went with the far-more-user-friendly MusicBee.

Friction is fun when you're young and have time and energy to burn. Less so once work becomes part of the normal routine.