I really don't think the article was seriously suggesting what you think it was; showing similarities between different types of tools (usually a more familiar one and a less familiar one) is meant to be illustrative
So… we have a guy with what looks like a limited experience of tools A and B writing an article full of hyperbole and factually wrong on how tool B kills tool A.
Yes, tool B is a good tool. However I can't imagine a single reason why anybody with a sizeable experience of tool A switch to tool B.
Newcomers who turned to tool A because it was trendy last year but never got the hang of it, on the other hand…
Your tool looks awesome! Yes there are lots of such tools.I should have worded mine as 'something along the lines of ...' instead of saying that its similar.
I don't see the OP making a claim like that. In any case, OP did not specify what the purpose of the tool was/is, and doesn't seem to be willing to explain the purpose of the the tool is.
> Hard to tell if a tool is useful if there is not high quality research backing up the claim.
That's obviously not true. Show me the high quality research studies backing up the idea that a hammer is useful for hammering nails or that a flat-head screwdriver is useful as a improvised chisel. The way to tell if a tool is useful is if you use it and it works for your application.
It's like comparing a hammer and a screwdriver when you really like screwdrivers using comparison points such as "Does it put it screws?" Point being, they're not tools designed to solve the same problems.
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