alt Hacker NewsThis just doesn't matter for a lot of us. We have LLMs that can tweak it and the tools work as intended.
The whole point of this sentiment is that the personal tools wouldn't EXIST due to the time sink needed.
The tradeoff makes sense for a lot of people even if it's not a good fit for you.
I don’t think the time sink is that significant with many tools, especially since you can take existing projects and change them. And it’s fun to hack!