I have the opposite feeling that because of the huge growth in the number of developers new great software tools are being released so frequently that it's hard

I have the opposite feeling that because of the huge growth in the number of developers new great software tools are being released so frequently that it's hard to keep up, but also the competition and the number of options to choose from is incredible. And actually, this has been possible thanks to the tools the author blames. I am speaking from my rather conservative point of view, however it's hard to not appreciate that.