I've worked a couple times on platforms obscure and closed enough that there basically weren't any tools. Not much specific to them, anyway, beyond the very bar

I've worked a couple times on platforms obscure and closed enough that there basically weren't any tools. Not much specific to them, anyway, beyond the very bare bones, just whatever you could cobble together with standard CLI programs and whatever limited interface the things gave you. These felt at least as productive as ecosystems with piles and piles of tools. And, if anything, less frustrating.