I can't help but agree!

Where's the Visual Basic 6 of our era? :)

Sure, apps weren't pretty, but you could bang one out in a few days and start getting use from it.

That's why I've devoted my career to tooling, hoping to improve the situation [1]

[1] {cough, cough} https://mintdata.com is where we put our blood, sweat 'n tears as a result :)