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Even at the amateur/intermediate level, a good tool let’s one ignore certain concerns and focus on others. This is crucial for developing skill. The expert might now be able to surf on a table, but the beginner will likely never get there (or be quite delayed) if they started with a table.

(I say this knowing nothing about surfing, but I can imagine analogies for almost every other activity. Eg: Syntax highlighting and linting might be particularly useful to non-experts)