And there seems to be a rash of "whoa I stumbled on my old site's url at {90's hosting provider} and it is still up and running after all these years" comments lately. (And loads instantaneously with no UI framework).
To be fair, when you dive deep into complexity, it's easy to get lost in the weeds. The trick is to remember what you're doing and why you're doing it so you don't lose sight of goals while chopping through the complexity jungle.