Yup, agree. Uf you're a programmer using Emacs and have time to devote to customization, devote it not to messing about with Org-mode but instead to getting the

Yup, agree. Uf you're a programmer using Emacs and have time to devote to customization, devote it not to messing about with Org-mode but instead to getting the IDE features for your language working nicely (e.g. flycheck, and a static analysis tool like Jedi for Python), and probably to ivy/counsel, and to trying paredit (which will probably work surprisingly well on your language's syntax).