But those are tools, and this argument is that it's better to do things the bad old way than to think ahead and save time and work. I guarantee this guy doesn't remember what it was like creating web sites in 1996.
True, but still: there is still a lot of wilderness to get lost in between certain future needs and possible future needs. Realizing you need to go back and fetch your bat belt to cross a bridge as you come to it costs time; but so does hauling a million tools which you could have needed, but actually didn't end up needing that day. We all have our anecdotes, but none of them invalidate the one of the author.. if he says he's happy with his work, and his client is as well, I will believe it.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away." (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
To read that as "let's go back to before anything existed, and stay there", is missing the point. Likewise, when someone says that sometimes it's okay to bring a walkman, they are not saying orchestras should not be a thing; just that, say, when you are jogging and want to listen to some music, it's more practical to bring a portable audio player and headphones, than have a orchestra/band run beside you. While that is always the coolest option, it is not always the most practical, and it can even seem a bit tacky. Sometimes, just sometimes, less is more.
