Unfortunately, I’m not convinced. The author makes a good case for experimentation, but not for “tool maximization.”
I think there is a case to me made for “find tools that do your work for you” —- that’s “buy, don’t build” —- but that case was not made here.
Further, I think that it’s easy to actually overwhelm yourself with too many tools, at which point you’ve exhausted your interest and willingness to learn them. I have several “code time” extensions, which I installed under this exact line of thinking. I still haven’t made the evaluation of which one I prefer. I picked one by default and kept the others “just in case.” And I have plenty of other extensions that I plan to someday evaluate.
I think the best tool use and evaluation comes from a sense of immediate necessity, just like the best learning comes through immediate practice and application.
Everything else is just imagination, which can be hard to sustain and substantiate.