> something together something that works
or something that works... sometimes, and is indecipherable, so all the "ergonomics" of the initial cobbling phase disappears to reveal how unergonomic this really is
or something that works... sometimes, and is indecipherable, so all the "ergonomics" of the initial cobbling phase disappears to reveal how unergonomic this really is
Most of the custom text editing operations I do on a daily basis only need to work once. For that, a Regex is very 'ergonomic'. If I were writing an emacs package, I'd probably use something better - something less ergonomic, but easier to maintain.
As an aside, I used to work in a machine shop and we had a well-designed system of pneumatic tubes throughout the warehouse powering spartan steel-handled drills that would give me calluses but reliably get the same jobs done the same way every day. At home, for the odd job I need to do, I use a cheap lithium drill with a nice grippy handle. Sometimes the ergonomic option is better because, right now, I just don't need to buy a compressor and run tubes through my house.
This isn't about future maintainability