The post is not about what this or that place or person uses or "always have used".
It's well understood that some people have "always used" IDEs, and other people have "always used" Vim/Emacs.
The post is about general trends. What kinds of tools were trending/rising at some point, what at another at so on.
In that sense, counter-examples don't negate a statistical observation. Only whether the trends described in it is right or wrong matters, not whether some or even many buck them.
It's well understood that some people have "always used" IDEs, and other people have "always used" Vim/Emacs.
The post is about general trends. What kinds of tools were trending/rising at some point, what at another at so on.
In that sense, counter-examples don't negate a statistical observation. Only whether the trends described in it is right or wrong matters, not whether some or even many buck them.