There’s an age factor here, or maybe a certain phase in programmers’ growth (which sometimes they can cycle back into). I am not that old, but I am old enough

There’s an age factor here, or maybe a certain phase in programmers’ growth (which sometimes they can cycle back into). I am not that old, but I am old enough to remember a time when I was really into those power features. Over time you get burned by having to change platforms during career evolution, you get other things taking up your spare bandwidth, and you get slower. Now learning the power user features just doesn’t have the same appeal