As long as the developer keeps curiosity and learning new software technologies rather than getting comfortable with the tool that he trusts to get things done,

As long as the developer keeps curiosity and learning new software technologies rather than getting comfortable with the tool that he trusts to get things done, which, I think, is a stage which the majority of developers will reach one day. I am not sure if it's wiser to continue coding without the fun of learning new tricks (meaning when new tricks no longer interest you). I think when that happens a real hacker will stop hacking code and start to hacking something else. That being said, I am sure there are hackers that never get tired of learning new tricks.