I agree. To me, this seems like a software patch I put in place to resolve some symptoms, but I did not go back and figure out my design was the real problem,

I agree. To me, this seems like a software patch I put in place to resolve some symptoms, but I did not go back and figure out my design was the real problem, and now the patch has created other issues I have to address. And pretty soon I have reached the "hard to remember the original chore was draining the swap" situation...