Funny, my experience is the opposite. When I was younger I thought there was a time and place for everything, a right tool for the job, a need to carefully cons

Funny, my experience is the opposite. When I was younger I thought there was a time and place for everything, a right tool for the job, a need to carefully consider the circumstances. As I got older I realised that actually a lot of libraries, languages, and communities are simply bad, and an experienced programmer is better served by having a deep knowledge of a handful of good tools and applying them to everything.