Exactly. The time spent "smoothing" a workflow is like any other time investment, either perfecting the photography skills or fastening the "routines" they follow. I would never go any other "alien" route unless it was highly necessary.
p.s.: But since we're in the Crestock thread: I never knew their "old" uploading system, but this one seems fairly intuitive and optimized. There's no such thing as "perfect", but they're probably at the top. Gotta love the choice of no categories (and many other things - strictly uploading-process related, of course).