AndrewSomething reminded me of https://godsvg.com and now I spend some time in it and I can basically read/write <path>'s by hand (minus Béziers, those are just too much hassle).
Still prefer simpler shapes, they are easier to deal with and in combination with clips and masks you can do 90% of what you (or at least *I*) want. That’s the beauty of SVGs for me, a text file describing the shapes you smash together.
