I'll second this. It's not sexy, it'll never be sexy. But sometimes you just don't have time to fuck around. In a lot of cases I'm willing to compromise UX for being able to drop a few files on a server and have things mostly "just work".

I don't use it for huge projects. I don't use it regularly. But it's a tool that has helped me build quick solutions to smaller problems and I keep in my belt because it's still more ubiquitous than any alternative.