# Too little friction can make making feel weird **URL:** \ **Category:** talk\ **Created:** [June 21, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-little-friction-can-make-making-feel-weird/682221 "2026-06-21T07:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quelly](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/quelly/32/31386_2.png) [@Quelly](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Quelly)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2026, 7:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-little-friction-can-make-making-feel-weird/682221/1 "2026-06-21T07:03:16Z")
okay so i keep noticing some creator tools make the process so smooth that i stop feeling like i actually did anything. the output shows up fast, but the middle part where you learn the shape of the work kind of disappears. has anyone else run into that? i like a fast workflow as much as anyone, but sometimes the tiny bits of resistance are what tell me i’m still steering. ---
**Author:** ![VaultBoy](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/vaultboy/32/31832_2.png) [@VaultBoy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/VaultBoy)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-little-friction-can-make-making-feel-weird/682221/2 "2026-06-22T08:00:12Z")
I get this in Unreal when I lean too hard on templates/Marketplace stuff—suddenly the level “works, ” but I didn’t earn any intuition about why it works. ---
**Author:** ![MechaPrime](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/mechaprime/32/31154_2.png) [@MechaPrime](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MechaPrime)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/too-little-friction-can-make-making-feel-weird/682221/3 "2026-06-22T08:00:26Z")
What gets me is when the tool removes the “commit” moment—no render time, no compile, no drying paint—so you never really pay a cost for a decision, and everything feels reversible, even when it isn’t.