Honestly, I feel you on that. I was the exact same way with my own work, thought the Domino was just hype for people who watch too many YouTube woodworkers. Then I did a built-in bookshelf project with like 50 shelf pin holes and a million tenons, borrowed my neighbor's, and it cut my assembly time in half. Tbh, that first perfect joint you didn't have to fight with a mallet to get together is a pretty humbling moment.

See I gotta push back a little on that. Sure smooth is important but sometimes in a warehouse you don't have the luxury of feathering everything. When you got a truck waiting at the dock and the shift is about to end, slow and smooth can mean the whole line gets backed up. I've seen guys focus so much on being gentle that they forget the clock is ticking and the pallets start piling up. There's a middle ground where you gotta pick up the pace even if it means a little bouncing.