It all boils down to one's personal motivations. Refactoring and tooling work make sense if that work is oriented towards increasing productivity and maintaina

It all boils down to one's personal motivations. Refactoring and tooling work make sense if that work is oriented towards increasing productivity and maintainability, using contrasted personal experience, and skill. Do you envision being done at some point? Are you getting a actual productivity boost with your meta-work? Are you solving problems proven to be actual problems from previous experiences? If not, it's better to introspect.