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My rule of thumb is: if it's free choose the most popular one, if it's paid pick the perceived second best one (usually better value for your money). Version c

by umvi 5y ago

My rule of thumb is: if it's free choose the most popular one, if it's paid pick the perceived second best one (usually better value for your money). Version control system? Git (most popular) Linux Distro? Ubuntu (most popular) CPU? AMD (perceived second best) Rideshare? Lyft (perceived second best) DAW? FL Studio (perceived second best) This system has generally worked out well for me. Note that the popular choice is just to get me started because it usually has the best troubleshooting/community resources, years later when I'm more experienced sometimes I'll switch to something less popular (for example I no longer use Ubuntu in favor of openSUSE Tumbleweed).

copperx 5y ago
So, React over Vue and Vim over Emacs?
- kragen 5y ago
  Those might not be optimal choices—or they might be—but they are very unlikely to make the difference between project success and failure. Anything you can do with Vue you can do with React, and vice versa, with a modicum more or less effort, and similarly for Vim and Emacs. On the contrary, if you choose MooTools or YUI over React and Vue, or Notepad or Microsoft Word over Vim and Emacs, that might cause project failure. (I prefer Emacs over Vim for programming, but it's probably easier to get started with Vim nowadays as a new user. SO has 17208 #emacs questions and 26937 #vim questions.)
  - publicola1990 5y ago
    There are still things that Emacs can do that Vim can't do, I think.
    - kragen 5y ago
      Sure, like run Elisp.
- ARandomerDude 5y ago
  > React over Vue Yes, because of market share. > Vim over Emacs Yes, because you won't need surgery.
vangelis 5y ago
Why the second best?
- simonw 5y ago
  "usually better value for your money"
raghavkukreti 5y ago
Man, honestly, not too sure about this, picking the "second best" is very random and can probably affect your choices of stack/methods in the long run. Take for example the DAW part, i chose FL studio to start with for the same reason as the "best" one being pretty complicated. Unfortunately when I did switch to Ableton and saw what the industry standard was, my whole year long progress pretty much went to s*t because of how overly simplified FL is, Just an opinion.
- jwdunne 5y ago
  I remember going through this and ended up learning Nuendo and Ableton. Then I realised I knew all this technical stuff without a grasp of the fundamentals. I reckon if I had, I’d have been extraordinarily more productive in FL Studio than I ever was with Ableton without it.

by umvi 5y ago

copperx 5y ago

So, React over Vue and Vim over Emacs?

kragen 5y ago
Those might not be optimal choices—or they might be—but they are very unlikely to make the difference between project success and failure. Anything you can do with Vue you can do with React, and vice versa, with a modicum more or less effort, and similarly for Vim and Emacs. On the contrary, if you choose MooTools or YUI over React and Vue, or Notepad or Microsoft Word over Vim and Emacs, that might cause project failure. (I prefer Emacs over Vim for programming, but it's probably easier to get started with Vim nowadays as a new user. SO has 17208 #emacs questions and 26937 #vim questions.)
- publicola1990 5y ago
  There are still things that Emacs can do that Vim can't do, I think.
  - kragen 5y ago
    Sure, like run Elisp.
ARandomerDude 5y ago
> React over Vue Yes, because of market share. > Vim over Emacs Yes, because you won't need surgery.

vangelis 5y ago

Why the second best?

simonw 5y ago
"usually better value for your money"

raghavkukreti 5y ago

Man, honestly, not too sure about this, picking the "second best" is very random and can probably affect your choices of stack/methods in the long run. Take for example the DAW part, i chose FL studio to start with for the same reason as the "best" one being pretty complicated. Unfortunately when I did switch to Ableton and saw what the industry standard was, my whole year long progress pretty much went to s*t because of how overly simplified FL is, Just an opinion.

jwdunne 5y ago
I remember going through this and ended up learning Nuendo and Ableton. Then I realised I knew all this technical stuff without a grasp of the fundamentals. I reckon if I had, I’d have been extraordinarily more productive in FL Studio than I ever was with Ableton without it.