It may gain a following yet. There are two schools of thought when it comes to productivity tools such as shells, editors, and programming languages. Some think they should be optimised for ease of learning; others, instead for power and efficiency to those who already know them.
As a user of Emacs, Blender, and Perl, I’m probably in the latter camp. And this tool seems like something I might enjoy using. But I don’t think that, as a rule, things should be designed this way unless there’s a very good reason to do so, backed by user research. I would not design a programming language like Perl, for example, because “people who program” will always outnumber “programmers” and it’s best to cater to the majority.
As a user of Emacs, Blender, and Perl, I’m probably in the latter camp. And this tool seems like something I might enjoy using. But I don’t think that, as a rule, things should be designed this way unless there’s a very good reason to do so, backed by user research. I would not design a programming language like Perl, for example, because “people who program” will always outnumber “programmers” and it’s best to cater to the majority.