I am able to spin up a relatively complex REST API and a UI for it in a matter of hours or days. I can have it simulate most of the complex logic that a business would need.
I am able to do this without complex build pipelines, IDE settings, run configurations, daily meetings, cloud providers, 700 maven/npm dependencies, code reviews, docker images, unread library books, coursera courses, certifications, conferences, design patterns, factory/builder patterns of my own creation, sharded databases, distributed systems, messaging queues, front-end-framework-du-jour...
I can totally accept that these things have their value and everyone is free to use them if they like.
However it is seriously making my career a living hell because there is always a new thing to learn, and the managers don't accept my way of doing things.
Perhaps I am best suited for rapidly prototyping and not building "robust enterprise systems", but I am curious to know if most people think all of the things involved in enterprise software are 100% worth it, or if some of it is needless stuff added to make a system deliberately more complex and difficult to operate within.
