Yes, there are meta-skills of tool use. Another enduring eg: vi. Muscle-memory investment is retained - very like tool-use in a physical craft. I think git will

Yes, there are meta-skills of tool use. Another enduring eg: vi. Muscle-memory investment is retained - very like tool-use in a physical craft. I think git will last forever(!) too. Still seems more like a journey man or handyman than craftsmanship, but maybe that's not fair of me. I agree there is deep craft in understanding tools. Hmmm, maybe developing/maintaining those enduring tools is even closer to craftsmanship? Unfortunately, enduring codebases get worse over time by conglomeration! The antithesis of craftsmanship. People who have written the same kind of enduring tool several times (from scratch) would probably be the epitome of software craftsmanship. e.g. plan 9 and go. But, gluing black-boxes is more productive.