[dasil003]

Meh. This is a lot of words to express a mentality that may be more pithily summed up by the idiom "it's a poor craftsman that blames his tools". I happen to agree, but I don't see any value in convincing the world it's true.

There's a certain irony in arguing that designers spend too much energy in religious wars about tools. Is it a better use of time to argue about such meta questions?

My respect for a designer is 100% based on their output. Whether they are deeply about tools or they just use whatever is in front of them is utterly irrelevant. Who am I to judge someone else's process? Creativity comes from individual agency and can never come from the thought police or people who are primarily driven by a need for consensus.