"only the config step" - isn't that the only step users of gradle should be interested in? If config is a code, then it makes it more complicated in the long r

"only the config step" - isn't that the only step users of gradle should be interested in? If config is a code, then it makes it more complicated in the long run (people are people and will add complexity to it) - there is a reason why they work on declarative syntax.