Although I am currently running on WordPress, I tend to agree. I find I haven't really tweaked my blog to my liking very much, simply because I am not very proficient in PHP and I have no interest in learning it or the WP specific aspects. Also, I am hindered by the security apsects of hosting WP and the multiblog problems, so I still haven't added the ability to even upload images (currently using the debian hack for multiblogs, but it doesn't provide for per blog content directories). The task to redesign my blog gets delayed indefinitely.
Also, when I think about cool things a blog could do, it is an even greater hurdle to get into WP plugin development. Would be much easier to do it with my own framework. Also, the WYIWYG editor of WP seems to suck anyway.
The only rationale for learning to write WP plugins would be to create something that could become wildly popular (similar to "you have to have a Facebook app", maybe you also have to have a WP plugin).
Also, when I think about cool things a blog could do, it is an even greater hurdle to get into WP plugin development. Would be much easier to do it with my own framework. Also, the WYIWYG editor of WP seems to suck anyway.
The only rationale for learning to write WP plugins would be to create something that could become wildly popular (similar to "you have to have a Facebook app", maybe you also have to have a WP plugin).