It definitely feels like this was written for someone on an executive team, rather than the person who would actually use the product.

That's because when you're Adobe, you sell to that person on the executive team who then mandates that everyone use it, whether they like it or not, because of how much money the company just paid Adobe for it.

I think that’s pretty much the point - this is kind of a SSG generator that is usable by non-techies…

I wish there was always a mirrored nuts and bolts page for every marketing page.

But it has one!

In the top menu click "Getting Started / Build your first site". And that tells you how exactly it works.

Do you want even more details? Click "Documentation / Architecture"

Are you seeing the same page I'm seeing? I'm confused by all these complaints.