@timbray

I generally agree with the main theme of the article, but I have some problems with

> I was lucky to learn this lesson very early in my career: there is no silver bullet, any single tool, …

Yes, but. It is very interesting to me how this doesn't seem to be true about our tools. There is no endless numbers of VCS systems and all non-git seem to be more or less dead. There are two big C compilers, but other one was made alive only by the tremendous effort of Apple. Etc.