Washing dishes is no fun I agree with you about that.
But what I do to keep dishes from piling up is I immediately wash the dishes after I'm done eating off the plate or drinking from the glass.
This prevents the dishes from piling up which makes me dread washing dishes.
If you have a lot of dishes then just wash a few dishes and take a break and then finish the rest of the dishes later on during the day.
Another option is to get a dishwasher machine and then just put the dishes in the dishwasher and let the dishwasher do the cleaning of the dishes.