It's all just marginal convergence towards "best", and in real practice, most of this "progress" can and should be ignored. For every tool, wait it out until it's been around and still in active use/development/maintenance for at least 5 full years.

But always stay playing. Always try out the new things, because some of them may just scratch a burning itch.

Fear not age, because if you've been around long enough, and are still actively learning, all this new stuff starts looking very much like mere variations of old things.