This desire to work out the "pesky details" is also true in other parts of my life. I like designing user interfaces, but rather than using some component library and customizing it, I prefer to roll the whole thing myself. I like using weird programming languages for my projects even though it's more work than using an established one with a huge collection of libraries. I need to feel like I've put a substantial amount of effort into a project in order to take pride in it. That's also why AI as a "do this thing for me" assistant isn't appealing to me at all.