When I program, I personally prefer to be controlled by the tools I use. They were build for a reason, for a specific workflow. I want my program to typecheck. I dont want to have the freedom to write untyped programs. I don’t want git to also have the ability to crop images. At this specific moment, I want to perform a specific task and I want the tools to help me do it, nothing more complex , or annoying , that could allow me to shoot myself to the foot.
Control is bliss. Control is bliss as long as it is self control, society’s self control.
Malleability is about changing the tools that control you, no not having control or tools.
(eventually I will read ink & switch’s document and report my opinion)