To me the emoji bar indicates a faltering vision. "Hey developers, we know what a pain typing emoji is for you, we're listening and check out our new touch bar!!" Is Apple really that far off course in understanding developers as a user base?

I get what you're saying about the over-hype and I'm not about to dump my MBP. I don't think anyone is going to produce as high of a quality product anytime soon, but it does leave me curious what else is out there.