HN is full of people talking about how they work, what tools they use, what their processes are. Your hardware setup is a component of that, so it seems valid to ask about it. I don't feel it is fair to act like you are superior to people who "still fetishize" it.

Of course people are more proud of their results. And we see plenty of that on here every day. This was a simple question to see people's systems, not an implication that it was more important than other aspects of the work people do.

(And BTW, the guys who I know who do carpentry and masonry work absolutely have some tools they like to show off.)