When I was a kid I used to pride myself on how many things I could take apart and reassemble with just a butter knife. But that was only because I didn't have access to real screwdrivers.
Likewise with software, each improved tool I learn (or new but worse tool I learn to avoid) makes me appreciate how much time I could have been wasting by using inferior tools/practices/languages.
It nicely suggests that maybe it's the programmer's responsibility to advocate for something better.