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The problem is that a lot of developers consider things forever tools when they are not forever tools and not even close. SQL is one of the forever tools, but e
by waboremo 3y ago
The problem is that a lot of developers consider things forever tools when they are not forever tools and not even close. SQL is one of the forever tools, but even in your short list I would absolutely strike down two of them as "forever tools". They're more like "my favorites that I've invested decades into".
- alexchamberlain 3y agoWhich 2 would you strike down out of interest? I wholeheartedly agree that engineers massively underestimate the power of Excel.
- nickpeterson 3y agoForever is a stretch, maybe “until the end of my career” tools. That list of tools could eventually be replaced, but I bet whatever comes after them will be forced to adopt a lot of their metaphors to gain acceptance. For instance, maybe excel eventually gets replaced, but the thing that kills it will feel a lot like it. The experience won’t be wasted, useful things you learned to do in it will continue to be useful in the new tool.