> I don't know what it is, but trying to coax my goddamn tooling into doing what I want is not why I got into this field.

I can understand that, but as long as the tooling is still faster than doing it manually, that's the world we live in. Slower ways to 'craft' software are a hobby, not a profession. (I'm glad I'm in it for building stuff, not for coding - I love the productivity gains).