No. Tools are limited by the user, sure, but they're also inherently limiting in themselves. If I want to insert a nail into wood and all I have is a pile drive

No. Tools are limited by the user, sure, but they're also inherently limiting in themselves. If I want to insert a nail into wood and all I have is a pile driver then being a expert pile driver doesn't suddenly make the tool suited to the task (which was the point of the Rust in gamedev article)