Depends on the platform. To me, that's a big measure of how well-designed a platform is that I can pick it up quickly and stop being bitten by its idiosyncrasi

Depends on the platform. To me, that's a big measure of how well-designed a platform is that I can pick it up quickly and stop being bitten by its idiosyncrasies. For example, I've been supporting old ASP.Net Web Forms projects for about a decade and I'm still getting stunned by that damned monstrosity.