Accurate :) Gluing stuff together feels like that all the time. The alternative is to go full-native, writing your own tools in the unknown context, to ascend

Accurate :) Gluing stuff together feels like that all the time. The alternative is to go full-native, writing your own tools in the unknown context, to ascend the complexity mountain with handmade rope, harness, and hook. This usually takes too long, so IDEs and existing tooling, libraries, and packages take precedence.