Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
Summary
The Stack Overflow blog argues that developers' attachment to tools stems from trust built through consistent, predictable workflows. As AI-enabled coding tools emerge, trust depends on aligning tools with process, maintaining human oversight, and shaping culture around usage. The piece also discusses how old tools gained trust (e.g., IDEs, Vim/Emacs) and why future tooling must integrate governance, context, and predictable outcomes to be truly useful.