Something freeing to me that my wife said:

"If you get rid of clutter, there will be cases where you'll have gotten rid of something useful at that moment. It's not about avoiding that -- it's about accepting the right tradeoff between cleanliness and functionality."

Most of us here also work in tech and get paid pretty high salaries. It's pretty inconsequential for us to buy a replacement when we need it, and donate when we declutter.