The parent's post is spot on IMHO. The analog possibilities of the touchbar can really help in doing creative work, and I never thought of it this way. But it'

The parent's post is spot on IMHO. The analog possibilities of the touchbar can really help in doing creative work, and I never thought of it this way. But it's still overblown though, since the same interface is available on the xxl touchpad and would be better served with a gesture (so that aiming a narrow spot is not necessary). As a dev I would never replace regular function keys. You certainly didn't lack shortcuts for debugging without a touchbar. But I definitely see the point it being an accessibility feature (in that case though, my thought goes to something like this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Maximus_keyboard instead)