Maybe I'm just grouchy today, but what's inconceivable to me is why you'd write an Oh No The Hivemind comment on this topic of all things. Some workflows actually are suboptimal.

The people complaining about this particular workflow being suboptimal do not understand it, nor why it exists in the places it does. Sometimes when something looks stupid, it's because it is stupid. But sometimes it's because you don't understand what you're looking at.