A default choice really means to check your context for the weaknesses of the default. If you aren't going into something tool is specifically bad at, use it.

A default choice really means to check your context for the weaknesses of the default. If you aren't going into something tool is specifically bad at, use it. Default choices are an agile optimization -- they make sure you don't spend a lot of time on solving problems that you might not have. The detailed tradeoffs for the best and worst tool for a job are context dependent, and that context changes over time. Your default choice will be good enough under most contexts.