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Ah the "lets make the project cooler by adding a DSL so customers can add their own features!" never ever pans out! ;)

I spent the 90s working on office automation projects that always seemed to degenerate into report DSLs. Is nothing new?

The better I get at coding the more I am attracted to avoiding complicated tooling.

There's always a flip side! My current project has a DSL (not written by me) and it functions superbly.

It does take about a full work day to wrap your head around though :)

> The better I get at coding the more I am attracted to avoiding complicated tooling.

Could you tell me your story?