In reply to Justin Tadlock.

Thanks for taking the time for all of the replies. It's taking ages to read all the comments and I'm only replying to this one.

tl;dr It isn't just the technical difficulty. You also have to look at the willingness to invest the time to overcome the difficulty.

I think the curse of knowledge has you, Justin. You're looking at the situation through coder-colored glasses. If I knew more JS, I might have a different perspective.

Gutenberg asks (some) people to learn a new language to do the same thing they've been doing since WP's inception. If there's a write-up explaining how the benefits outweigh that cost, I haven't seen it.

You're right for your reality. It probably isn't any harder to start with WP now if you know the languages. And with today's documentation, it might be easier. But if you don't JS, it's so much harder.

I apologize for violating the comment policy. I'm not sure which part broke which rule. But, as someone who has used WP for as long as you but hates JS, this is absolutely a nightmare.

Gutenberg and its implementation might make sense to coders and/or WP insiders. But it doesn't make sense to everyone. That lack of understanding leads to confusion and even some distrust. You can't just compare difficulty levels between 2007 WP and 2021 WP. You have to compare people's willingness to overcome that difficulty whether it's due to concerns about Gutenberg or the lack of ROI.