Agreed. Though if I'm being perfectly honest, the approach of "everything is insecure, so I should build my own tools - they'll be more secure!" can be an anti-pattern in the wrong hands. I don't know enough about @ChipTuner or his work to say, but it's a very minor alarm bell.
Sometimes the whole ecosystem is improved more by talented and motivated individuals contributing to exiting projects that need help in the areas those individuals identify as weak points.
