Its one thing when you are using Adobe After Effects but if you are developing anything, having a stable environment is crucial.
I've never had any crashes on this machine (2 years) and only reboot when there's a MacOS update to install.
Out of curiosity, how much extra time would you say it would take someone who knows nothing about hackintoshes to buy one and use it as a daily driver? Is is possible to buy one that works out of the box?
It is not possible to buy one "out of the box" as far as I know. I would budget at least 2 hours of overhead to learn the basics (it's a lot easier nowadays then it used to be). If every part you pick is 100% compatible, you'll have a much better time; getting unsupported parts working is a pretty big headache.