That's not my experience. A lot of the time there is a VERY straightforward answer, e.g. "here's this evil metaprogramming thing" or "here's where you access th

That's not my experience. A lot of the time there is a VERY straightforward answer, e.g. "here's this evil metaprogramming thing" or "here's where you access this legacy representation with bitey cornercases" or whatever, which is trivial to provide (but also harmful).