I think continuously compiling tools like WriteLatex (now https://www.overleaf.com/ https://www.overleaf.com/) help close the gap a little bit, but I admit to s

I think continuously compiling tools like WriteLatex (now https://www.overleaf.com/ https://www.overleaf.com/) help close the gap a little bit, but I admit to still spending stupid amounts of time getting things like captions, spacing, and other random formatting to work.