I feel you. I think the only way out is to put aside time to actually start from scratch and actually learn it properly. A really big issue with Gradle is the p

I feel you. I think the only way out is to put aside time to actually start from scratch and actually learn it properly. A really big issue with Gradle is the pretense you can work with it easily without learning it. You absolutely have to understand its fundamentals (which are not obvious, btw) to work with it and not hate it I think.