The last time I had a hackintosh must have been 10-12 years ago. I distinctly recall hardware support, and OS updates being a constant source of pain. Since then I've owned nothing but Apple laptops/iMacs, but have experienced significant hardware problems with each one within ~3 years. The latest of these has got me thinking about a hackintosh again, as I'm very tired of blowing $4500 CAD on the latest MacBook pro every 3 years.
My biggest concern is how much day to day headache I'll have to deal with to ensure things are not only working, but keep working. I do see there are some new installers of major OSX releases available, and seemingly lots of builds with full hardware support.
Is the current hackintosh environment a "set it and forget it" type of deal, or is there a semi/regular need for tinkering, fixing, etc.? What's the overall experience like? Any advice for the "safest" path towards a build that won't require me to constantly screw around and debug it?