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Developers write developer tools. Developers wants to be paid to create the tools not pay someone. If they can't find someone to pay them then they will use a
by ipaddr 6y ago
Developers write developer tools. Developers wants to be paid to create the tools not pay someone. If they can't find someone to pay them then they will use a foss product and at times contribute back.
Why would you expect a toolmaker to buy someone else's tools?
- Godel_unicode 6y agoDevelopers are not a monolithic group, there are tons of developers who want to work on things that have nothing to do with making developer tools. There are plenty of toolmakers who gladly buy others tools so as not to have to make them for themselves. CNC mills sell quite well, for instance.
- dmingod666 6y agoThe same reason cooks have to buy ingredients. The same reason a factory making tools first needs to buy other tools. A backend developer will not write an IDE, heck, he probably won't even write most of the code in his own codebase even if he's a single dev.
- ipaddr 6y agoThe best ones grow their own ingredients. It changes the product. They may source locally but they avoid national chains. But yes most backend developers will never write an IDE. Most backend developers would love to be on a team creating one.
- dmingod666 6y ago"To make an apple pie from scratch, you first need to make the universe" :)