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Would you rather massage the configurations of 5 tools? Or figure out how to transfer data from one tool to another (because I bet you that in most situations t
by allengeorge 10y ago
Would you rather massage the configurations of 5 tools? Or figure out how to transfer data from one tool to another (because I bet you that in most situations there's going to be slight - and annoying - incompatibilities) between what each tool expects.
At any rate, it's useless to talk about this in absolutes. There are times when your option is better () and when it's not.
I'd imagine it's when you're in full control of the input and output format for each tool, each tool can be configured to work with varying formats, when there are times you want to skip steps in the processing pipeline...
- pfranz 10y agoI agree it's useless to talk about this in absolutes. But personally, I find composing separate tools helps me learn and debug because things are compartmentalized. I was messing with a tool (where the equivalent tool at other places I've worked was 5 or 6 separate command line tools) where the command line help is 1,441 lines long. I dread having to look through it and still don't really understand most how to use it.