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> In fact, you spend 90% of your time building tools. This is a ridiculous exaggeration with almost any wood worker. Making tools and jigs doesn't require mu
by CyberDildonics 5y ago
> In fact, you spend 90% of your time building tools.
This is a ridiculous exaggeration with almost any wood worker. Making tools and jigs doesn't require much time and someone usually only does it after they have already done something without them at least once.
Programming tools are much more difficult to make. You need special skills and most tools aren't made to be easily extended.
- bluGill 5y agoI make jigs because I can't figure out how to do a project without it. I rarely make the same thing twice, but a lot of things need a special jig to do right.
- CyberDildonics 5y agoThere are two things here and the more important thing by far is that making something like a jig is nothing compared to making a programming tool. You can measure, scribe and cut a few times then drive self tapping screws and have something useful. Making something not only new but integrate with some existing tool doesn't take an hour, it takes weeks months or years.
- bluGill 5y agoI do a lot of jig like things when programming. Sometimes I spend months perfecting helper code, but sometimes I only need it to run once and I'm done in a few hours.
- tharne 5y agoI'd argue woodworking tools are harder. People expect physical objects to work correctly, whereas the word has largely come to accept buggy, glitchy software.
- majormajor 5y agoLook at some houses for sale where the owner did maintenance and you might be surprised how many people accept buggy shit there too. ;)
- tharne 5y agoDidn't think of that, you're 100% right