I agree with this, and was challenged by the presentation of "cutesy tools are dumb, write words." Some people are visual learners, some prefer reading/writing,

I agree with this, and was challenged by the presentation of "cutesy tools are dumb, write words." Some people are visual learners, some prefer reading/writing, others have other preferences. My buddy's kid is an 8 year old native programmer who has really taken to the blocky style of coding, and it's acting as a natural gateway to more traditional styles. On the contrary, my cousin learned some basic Python at 12 without any flashy tools, or even a good IDE. Lots of ways to learn in the world.