> I actually think this is part of the problem- there is excellent tooling for making programming much, much easier, but many programmers are unaware of how to use them.

Isn’t that just called “experience”? It’s understandable that junior engineers don’t know these tools exists, but most will learn them after a few years.

If you’re curious and interested enough, you’ll wonder if there are better ways to do things. Or talk to more experienced people and ask them how they do things.

I don’t think this is a “problem”, it’s just part of the process of becoming an experienced engineer.