But that doesn't change the fact that the VAST majority of people are just fine with mass-produced furniture
I think this is the difference that's going to happen to software.
There's the one doing everything in bare vim with zero assist, just rawdogging function names and library methods from rote memory.
And then there's the rest who use all the tools at their disposal to solve problems. Is the work super clean, efficient and fully hand-crafted? Nope. Does it solve the problem? Yes it does, and fast.