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> A good craftsperson never blames their tools. But isn't this because they supposedly know which tools to use, and have the agency to choose? I'm not sure it
by tbrownaw 4y ago
> A good craftsperson never blames their tools.
But isn't this because they supposedly know which tools to use, and have the agency to choose?
I'm not sure it quite applies to cases where you're a small fish and all the employers are bandwagonning on some tool that you don't agree is any good.
- sacrosanct 4y agoI’m referring to the fact that employers sometimes lazily include certain requirements that are overkill for the task at hand and largely unwarranted. Do I need $trendyBuildTool when the project is five files with 100 lines of code that I can easily deploy without using such superfluous tooling? I should get to pick my tooling yet also have baseline knowledge of HTML, JS, & CSS. Learning a toolset just because it’s trendy and hyped up is backwards and doesn’t take into account that most projects will never be amazing Crystal Palaces or large abstractions.