I have been in the industry since punch cards were a thing and servers took up multiple rooms. I've never been more productive. UI has gotten a lot better since those days and I have migrated my efforts to use frameworks such as Vue.js which is sofar the most elegant and modern approach for doing UI work. Creating a desktop app is very easy with electron js although beit a bit heavy and not the most effecient in terms of memory, cpu cycles, etc but it's easier than punch card days I used to enjoy.