This is what keeps me from using things like these. Meanwhile I have uinx-oid scripts that keep chugging on up to date servers for more than a decade without an

This is what keeps me from using things like these. Meanwhile I have uinx-oid scripts that keep chugging on up to date servers for more than a decade without any need to change them. I know there is always the temptation to make it really shiny and nice. But the more moving parts your system has the liklier it becomes that something will fail eventually. And as it happens these failures happen usually at the time when it is most inconvenient for all people involved. That doesn't mean that complex software cannot work reliably, but it takes more effort for the developer side to honor that unwritten contract with their users (if they are even aware of it). This is why sometimes doing it yourself, on your own servers can be benefitial because it gives you more control.