Xiao esp32c3 won't upload programs unless I'm in bootloader mode

Well I have updated the bootloader using this Getting Started with Seeed Studio XIAO ESP32C3 - Seeed Wiki but it still requires the multi button sequence that gets very old when actually trying to do something. Is there an update that allows simply loading without all the button folderol ?? None of the other devices of this ilk I’ve used require such a thing and that ilk includes several other ESP32 versions. This is a great and wonderful implementation but all the button pushing is gonna put it on a shelf.