> “Half-decent”. Is this what you want to output? To be known for? I can’t understand why, if you have an ounce of pride, you’d not want everything you release to be the best you could do?

Sometimes the software is a means to an end. I've made small utility web apps for clients before, and throwing Bootstrap in improves the experience of the site without taking more than a few minutes of time (which the client pays for). Spending time customizing Bootstrap or designing from scratch gets in to diminishing returns almost immediately, while that first quick step from 1994-style to Bootstrap pays off big.

Pride is one thing, but when it's somebody else's money you have to consider hubris too.