This sums up mostly what I've been feeling for the last 10+ years. When I started "web 2.0" development in 2005, there was a much smaller library ecosystem. I h

This sums up mostly what I've been feeling for the last 10+ years. When I started "web 2.0" development in 2005, there was a much smaller library ecosystem. I had to use what tools were available, most of which were developed by for-profit companies and thus heavily documented. If the feature I needed didn't exist, I had to build it. I spent much more time reading documentation and specifications than I do today. Now, I do try to read docs first for whatever FOSS I'm using, but often they are lacking the specificity I need and I end up just running through a bunch of Google searches and SO questions hoping to find my specific "glue case". Whatever challenging "science" aspect I was expecting from my "computer science" skills just doesn't seem to exist. The concerns of logic and program efficiency/structure are still important, just not what I have to do most of the time when gluing stuff together. I'm trying to accept my fate these days and just be thankful I work in a well-paid field with good people, but it's tough as I feel it does affect my overall performance and personal enjoyment as flow is so hard to achieve anymore.