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> And in some parts of the tech world, people actually deride the usage of an IDE! "If you're not using vim you're a newb," kinda deal. I share the sentiment,

> And in some parts of the tech world, people actually deride the usage of an IDE! "If you're not using vim you're a newb," kinda deal. I share the sentiment, but for completely other reasons. Human mind is very limited - it can only hold so much complexity at once before it starts making mistakes and oversights. IDE's raise that bar of tolerable complexity, making it easier for people to build enterprise-level Rube Goldberg's machines just to keep the software working. Using Vim (or any other non-IDE editor) forces me to keep the software simple, because otherwise I can't understand it. And in my experience, keeping software simple (long term) is much more important than keeping software working (short term). Of course, sometimes we have no choice but to meet the deadline. That's where all those bells and whistles really come in handy.

jcelerier 5y ago
> Of course, sometimes we have no choice but to meet the deadline What do you mean, "sometimes"?
- egypturnash 5y ago
  There’s a lot of different kinds of deadlines. Some can be extended. Some can not. “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” - Douglas Adams, a man who was very familiar with the many varieties of deadlines.
kolanos 5y ago
I've approached IDEs similarly. But in addition to this, a lot of IDEs lack real accessibility functionality. Jetbrains has accessibility features [0], but it is clear no one at Jetbrains actually uses them. This isn't unique to Jetbrains, there are a lot of companies that implement what I call "fake accessibility". There's a section in their settings to enable "accessibility", but if you actually use it and depend upon it you're met with a garbled mess. > For macOS, switch on the VoiceOver and install and set up IntelliJ IDEA. However, for a full screen readers' support, we recommend Windows. I've never tried the Windows version, but the VoiceOver version is unusable. [0]: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/accessibility.html#screen_reader https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/accessibility.html#scree...

jcelerier 5y ago

> Of course, sometimes we have no choice but to meet the deadline What do you mean, "sometimes"?

egypturnash 5y ago
There’s a lot of different kinds of deadlines. Some can be extended. Some can not. “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” - Douglas Adams, a man who was very familiar with the many varieties of deadlines.

kolanos 5y ago

I've approached IDEs similarly. But in addition to this, a lot of IDEs lack real accessibility functionality. Jetbrains has accessibility features [0], but it is clear no one at Jetbrains actually uses them. This isn't unique to Jetbrains, there are a lot of companies that implement what I call "fake accessibility". There's a section in their settings to enable "accessibility", but if you actually use it and depend upon it you're met with a garbled mess. > For macOS, switch on the VoiceOver and install and set up IntelliJ IDEA. However, for a full screen readers' support, we recommend Windows. I've never tried the Windows version, but the VoiceOver version is unusable. [0]: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/accessibility.html#screen_reader https://www.jetbrains.com/help/idea/accessibility.html#scree...