A few more buttons or a little more screen space won't make you more productive. The way to be more productive is to work on figuring out underlying problems,

A few more buttons or a little more screen space won't make you more productive. The way to be more productive is to work on figuring out underlying problems, coming up with better solutions, using languages or frameworks that automate away repetition (e.g. garbage collection vs. manual memory management). The ROI on the Touch Bar is probably negative to miniscule. Better to spend that money on a good book that will teach you some useful skills. More on productivity here: https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/25/the-01x-programmer/ https://codewithoutrules.com/2016/08/25/the-01x-programmer/