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> I think there is a time in a programmer's life when writing tools to make yourself more effective is finally worth it. Indeed yak shaving should only be done
by ryanmarsh 8y ago
> I think there is a time in a programmer's life when writing tools to make yourself more effective is finally worth it.
Indeed yak shaving should only be done when one has the breathing room to do so. It's just good common sense, except there are exceptions. Slack was a yak shaving effort. The most valuable things I've shipped have all been yak shaving efforts. I guess I'm just better at building tools than anything else. Perhaps I enjoy it more. shrug
To each their own, but if you're trying to ship a product instead of a bald yak you're going to have to do it the ugly way, with tools you could fix, etc...
- T-hawk 8y agoShipping is a feature. Your product must have it. That recursively applies to each tool used to make the product as well.
- ryanmarsh 8y agoShipping is a feature. Your product must have it. I think I’m going to frame that and put it on the wall. Did you come up with that or did you hear it somewhere?
- T-hawk 8y agoOriginally from Joel Spolsky: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2009/09/23/the-duct-tape-programmer/ https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2009/09/23/the-duct-tape-prog...