Interestingly, I have personally felt this way about projects in which I was involved in the past(written both by me and by others)…

sometimes starting from scratch just faster and/or easier.

That reasoning is why I worry about the AI endgame ;-)

Man … I never think about or am concerned about the the terminator apocalypse. But what a parallel

I'm sure there are endless Instructables for the big red and silver Easy Button