Ghostty is a terminal emulator with a pretty good narrative. The author is very accessible on podcasts to go over the story. It is also actually very good though. I think the jump in performance and usability put it on the map before the narrative could help push it further. The product does have to actually be good before the crafted nature can be invested into.
But you can't see the "quality" in a high end watch either. They are inferior to low-end watches by every metric you can imagine.
Maybe you should take a step back and realize that sofware developers themselves are not the primary purchasers of most software. The average joe or jane purchaser doesn't have some magical AI slop detector, especially if the UI is well done.
I actually predict that frontend devs and designers will become more valuable in the coming years as people (stupidly) abandon these disciplines.