It's a trade-off. In exchange for a hair-tear-outable user experience, you get the ability to (relatively) easily load and transform that data, which gives you

It's a trade-off. In exchange for a hair-tear-outable user experience, you get the ability to (relatively) easily load and transform that data, which gives you lots of automation and integration options. It's not unlike LISP's predilection for sexpr-based DSLs, I suppose.