> Hmm, so are you blaming the incompetence of the majority of people in the field? I interpreted it as being an issue that there are so many options that being

> Hmm, so are you blaming the incompetence of the majority of people in the field? I interpreted it as being an issue that there are so many options that being an expert in the relevant two so you can can make an educated decision is uncommon. This is probably somewhat unique to programming. There are easily more than 25 programming languages that would be important to know trade-offs between in any given programmer's career. And in each, there are competing libraries and frameworks. Woodworking is the only other profession that comes to mind for having so many competing tools.