You use the right tools for the job --- and when you're sitting in front of a computer for 8-14 hours a day, why wouldn't you want the best tools? Are you gonna build a new wood-piece with a hand-powered screw-driver?

"You post an article about a new programming language, you'll get 10 replies. But start a discussion on what headphones you wear while you work, and ten-thousand people will rise up from nowhere, pushing the thread ever-skywards on a tower of upvotes"

Not many people care about your new programming language, but everybody understands the importance of a good chair, monitor, or headphones, and when you ask people for an opinion, they'll express it.

IMO, code with whatever you want, but I'll stick to my Herman Miller Embody, a self-modified 45g-uniform Realforce Silenced Keyboard, a 4K 30-inch dell monitor (UP3216Q), and 2 27-inch dells (U2713HM).