Agreed, I've also somehow stuck with arduino's setup despite its occasional shortcomings since it's just so simple to configure different devices and whip up so

Agreed, I've also somehow stuck with arduino's setup despite its occasional shortcomings since it's just so simple to configure different devices and whip up something quickly. No messing around with anything but the very core essentials. The only thing that is sometimes faster from idea to deployment is micropython, since it's possible to just copy paste regular python with minor changes and it just works.