if i create a new world and use some stone tools, the quite common durability pings get annoying quickly, especially because i usually just use up my early game tools until they break and make new ones.

Also applies to stone swords, gold swords, crossbows, iron axes, etc dropped from wither skeletons, piglins, and pillagers. It confused me a lot when I first encountered it.

A potential solution that requires less manual player configuration too would be an option to require that a tool has mending on it to warn you about durability - I don't typically repair things that I haven't put mending onto.