Hear hear. Also, if we include programming paradigms in the category of "tools", I've found that having more options has decreased my programming velocity, as

Hear hear. Also, if we include programming paradigms in the category of "tools", I've found that having more options has decreased my programming velocity, as I get distracted while coding down one path by all the other methods which might be better. It's like Plath's fig tree. I deliver better code now but I could be 3x faster when all I had was a hammer.