Oh no I agree. It's far more painful than it needs to be.

I've found productivity boosts in shortening the feedback loop. A tighter feedback loop makes it easier to get into flow.

But days of effort to get a simple thing working defeats the purpose. My worst days are when I look over the day and I've spent it fixing a build process - there's no flow in that. I could just bite the bullet and still get into flow albeit less smoothly but still. That's how I worked for years.

I just wanted to point out it isn't as simple as eliminating a refresh. There is a gain behind that.