Programming with Rust and deployment and mgmt with Nix is so much better to how things used to be. Did I mention how much better my Helix works than how Neovim used to? Revision control with JJ, conflict resolution with mergiraf. My personal computers are more powerful than ever before and can get amazing stuff done super fast.
Everything is better and keeps getting better if you make good decision instead of following the lowest common denominator tech.