Not sure if it's me but I find decorators a terrible annoyance most of the time if I am reading random code in the wild. It feels like magic with a can of worms

Not sure if it's me but I find decorators a terrible annoyance most of the time if I am reading random code in the wild. It feels like magic with a can of worms that you have to go through multiple files to fully understand. I like them for use in some bigger frameworks but overall, they seem to provide negative value to me as a reader, often confusing names doing some magical coating which could very well be solved with pure function composition. I have noticed some python projects making heavy use of it... they rely on you to read their guide to write code instead of switching and using the project fine because you know the language. Sort of like another DSL? Elixir hits the balance for me between being not too intense (haskell) and friendly usable with a nice community.