alt Hacker News> using tools and getting proficient with them rather than relearning tools
This attitude works in carpentry, but not in software. You need to get proficient, but your tools will keep evolving, like everything else in the software world.
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That's a webdev mindset. Tools in embedded systems and systems programming are very mature and evolve much more slowly.
That attitude works just fine in software. It's literally only web devs that are constantly chasing trends in how to make software.
That's exactly the point. This is not normal even in software.
You can, in fact, learn C exactly once. Or any number of other languages. The entire argument being made here is that the world you're suggesting is a problem. Software developers should not have to continually relearn their tools and it is abnormal to suggest they should.
This attitude doesn't even work in carpentry, depending on the timeframe you look at, tools have changed over time. You can still use a hand saw, where a table saw would be just as suitable, or have a SawStop(tm) and reduce the likelihood of losing a finger.