Using artificially complex, unfriendly tools is a form of honest signaling. [0] Making tools complex and painful, denying their complexity, and scoffing at the

Using artificially complex, unfriendly tools is a form of honest signaling. [0] Making tools complex and painful, denying their complexity, and scoffing at the very notion of allowing a non-expert to accomplish what before required esoteric knowledge is the way the tribe of self-styled Real Programmers protects its integrity. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory#Honest_signals https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signalling_theory#Honest_sig...