Wouldn't you agree though that the vast majority of clients don't have that complex a need?
These tools are taught to new developers as "the way things are", yet a significant portion of them statistically must be working in lower complexity environments that may not be serves by this level of tooling.
Sure, but again, the author is explicitly not arguing that. Look:
> They keep inventing "revolutionary new ways" of doing the same thing that could be done in a dozen ways already. And they do that by coating more and more and more unnecessary complexity on top of existing technology stacks.
He's mad that the tools exist at all. He's going after the people making them, not just using them.
These tools are taught to new developers as "the way things are", yet a significant portion of them statistically must be working in lower complexity environments that may not be serves by this level of tooling.