Looking at the recent discussions in the blockchain community, many developer mentors still insist that students must hand-code the underlying layers and cannot rely on development frameworks or tools.

Honestly, this logic is a bit like the steam engine era—when the Industrial Revolution arrived, master craftsmen still required apprentices to be proficient with shovels.

Tools themselves are never the problem. What matters is? The quality, security, and efficiency of the delivered code. A developer using modern tools like Hardhat, Foundry, can write more robust contracts. Someone still hand-coding Solidity in Notepad? Not necessarily stronger.

The times have changed. On-chain development should focus on how to make good use of new tools and how to understand architecture design, rather than wasting time reinventing the wheel. True professional skills are knowing when to use which tools—and then focusing on innovation.