Agreed, GAS is a great idea, horribly executed. It's part of the reason I made Wax[0]. It lets people run Python + SQL from Sheets with zero infrastructure. It's like GAS built for less technical people that already know some Python or SQL. It's also already integrated with other tools (e.g. databases, Slack, etc.).

If anyone has internal apps that are heavily dependent on Sheets, I'd really appreciate your feedback.

0 - https://www.wax.run/