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I find git extremely usable, and I despise IDEs that hide anything from me. Every hidden thing is a thing that, when it goes wrong, I can't fix. Something "goe

by cbd1984 11y ago

I find git extremely usable, and I despise IDEs that hide anything from me. Every hidden thing is a thing that, when it goes wrong, I can't fix. Something "goes wrong" when it's either not working as designed, or it's broken as designed and needs to be reconfigured or otherwise changed: The IDE handles the wrong language, for example, and needs to use a different compiler and have different highlighting and formatting rules. IDEs that only handle one language are beneath contempt.

nickpinkston 11y ago
Sounds like you're a power user, not a novice.
- cbd1984 11y ago
  > Sounds like you're a power user, not a novice. Smile when you say that. ;) "Power user", to me, means someone who knows a lot of trivia about specific software but no underlying theory; none of their knowledge transfers to any other system, so their domain knowledge is constantly being obsoleted. Having some power user traits is inevitable and desirable, but being just a power user is a stage you should strive to outgrow. I admit that that's just a knee-jerk reaction based on my idiosyncratic definitions.