Of course, one is not impatient or anything like that because one don’t use the Zettelkasten. But it may be that one does not use the Zettelkasten because one is impatient. That is a difference. In any case, I didn’t understand the Zettelkasten for many years because I was too impatient and superficial with it, and I imagine I’m not alone in this.
It is understandable that your main goal is not to recreate the card box. You have to follow your own concept and not someone else’s. But as a user, I just find it unfortunate and sometimes frustrating that Devonthink can do almost everything you need to recreate the Zettelkasten (and much more) and only so little is missing, but that you therefore have to use other software like Tinderbox.