Node-RED project lead here :wave:

That's all useful feedback to us. There's always a balance to be had between putting lots of code in Function nodes and the visual complexity of doing the equivalent in pure nodes. Part of that is understanding where users are falling back to JS in a Function node - and what could the core nodes provide to avoid that necessity.

Code reviews are a common piece of feedback and something we need to help with.

In the day job (FlowFuse CTO) we're looking at how to improve the overall developer UX of Node-RED - both within node-red, but also how you manage it within a team and at scale.

If you had any more feedback on your experiences, would love to hear it.