You are missing the point. What the author wants is a composable toolbox. He knows it's possible, he can wield them proficiently, and the gains are numerous, but the system doesn't give him the means to do that.

You can't pipe iPad apps. You can't filter emails from a file using a single line of Objective-C. Development environments don't have the practicality of typing text in a shell for instant execution.

If I understood correctly, "anti-programmer" means the environment doesn't make use of his abstraction abilities, not that it is bad for developing software.

And hell yes, I would compose kitchen appliances if I could.