Coverity is what I was thinking of when I read the article, also Resharper. Since I work at megacorp I have access to licenses but I think the problem is that r

Coverity is what I was thinking of when I read the article, also Resharper. Since I work at megacorp I have access to licenses but I think the problem is that running these tools effectively adds a lot of overhead. We programmers are a jittery bunch so planning ahead and integrating these tools and then spending the time is hard. Back when I started my career almost nothing was free. At the time I worked at a startup and we were always drooling over the stuff in "Programer's Paradise". We did pay for a few crucial tools but couldn't afford many. Times have changed a lot since then and the fact that high-quality compilers and IDEs are effectively free has raised the bar for paid products substantially.