4 ms·
Exactly, all these things are tools of the trade - tradesmen spend money on the right tools for the job because that (and experience) is what separates them fro
by catmanjan 10y ago
Exactly, all these things are tools of the trade - tradesmen spend money on the right tools for the job because that (and experience) is what separates them from the DIY-ers
- bryanrasmussen 10y agoon the other hand only a poor craftsman blames their tools.
- catmanjan 10y agoA good craftsman never has to, because he has the right tools ;)
- bryanrasmussen 10y agoyes, that is the implicit meaning. But then are programmers, whose tools are generally provided by their employers, actually craftsmen (craftspeople)? That question being part of the general discussion around this post. On edit: I should clarify there is another meaning, which is that a good craftsperson can do whatever they need to in their chosen craft with substandard tools - this is also the viewpoint the original post seems to ascribe to. I personally like to use the simplest tools possible to achieve a task, even if that means I have to do more work to achieve the task, because then I don't spend time learning my tools. This means I use a crappy laptop with no external monitor, a simple text editor, the command line for just about everything. When I do end up on someones machine where they have the good tools I find that I am but a simple caveman, confused and enraged by the complexity of other people's worlds. All this does not mean I am a good programmer or craftsman, it just means I find doing without the better tools and hardware suite me better.