Would that change if the end goal, the project itself, were interesting? This type of thing always seems indicative of smart people working on dumb software to

Would that change if the end goal, the project itself, were interesting? This type of thing always seems indicative of smart people working on dumb software to me. Or perhaps a type of avoidance behavior when things get overwhelming. That is, the software goal itself is so mundane or immense to you, that you have to shift focus the tools used to achieve it. From personal experience, the only time I've diddled with tools to an extraordinary degree or have been less flexible about them is when the task at hand was either dull, or in some cases, so overwhelming that I had to "warm up", so to speak, to take on the harder task.