I agree, but I'd add that what really gets bland is just how uninteresting the outcome of all the complexity is in most things. For example, a NextJs app normal

I agree, but I'd add that what really gets bland is just how uninteresting the outcome of all the complexity is in most things. For example, a NextJs app normalized into a hundred components, using redux, styles in js, webpack probably, npm scripts, jest, etc.. with the ultimate output being a probably barely responsive mediocre looking standard webpage with a navigation that doesn't work on a device you didn't anticipate because you re-invented links