Yet here we are, many of us do in fact work on what could be called &quot;CRUD&quot; apps but no one is actually forced to do it.<p>When you say &quot;90% brainless&quot; you&#x27;re neglecting that fact that there are arbitrarily complex rules&#x2F;requirements behind each of the letters in the acronym &quot;CRUD&quot;. Moreover UI and &quot;nice connections between the data&quot; are incredibly rich problems especially when you consider scale, market-- and let&#x27;s not forget the fact that the fruit of this labor has to make money at some point.