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What are you going to master if you don't know your tools?
by gigel82 3y ago
What are you going to master if you don't know your tools?
- j45 3y agoThe things that are the same regardless of the tools like the fundamentals of breaking down the right problem to solve in the right way before seeing what the technology footprint to solve it might Need to look like.
- wongarsu 3y agoAn amateur obsesses over using the best web framework, a master can write a great website n any framework. Of course whether this is an actionable insight is an entirely different question. The master at least partially has this ability because he has tried lots of different tools. But if you ever phase analysis paralysis over tool choice it's worth remembering that in the end the choice might not matter nearly as much as you think.
- Fricken 3y agoIf you look at the best photographs of the 20th century, a great deal of them were taken with cheap point and shoot cameras. Then you have the legions of middle aged men with $20k in gear that are incapable of shooting anything other than trite cliches. You also have out of shape middle aged men noodling along on $10k bikes. It's worth it for an elite cyclist to obsess over their gear, every small optimization is material to them, but until you're pushing against the upper limits of your fitness the gear isn't the thing you should be losing sleep over.
- bluedino 3y agoReminds me of a friend who always goes overboard. $400 in drills and levels to hang a couple pictures in the living room. Doubt he's touched any of it since. He also spent $1,200 on an DAC, amp, and headphone combo, then bought a $150 pair so he doesn't wear the nice ones out.
- dp-hackernews 3y agoQED: "You Need a Stronger Body, Not a Better Bike" https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/you-need-a-stronger-body-not-a-better-bike/ https://www.trainingpeaks.com/blog/you-need-a-stronger-body-...