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Why are you hamstringing yourself?

• allarm 3y ago
  (not op) This is not hamstringing. It’s a matter of preference. I prefer jeans to a tie and a costume. I prefer Emacs and Vim to Vscode. I choose jobs that allow me to wear jeans and code in Emacs.
  • saagarjha 3y ago
    There are plenty of jobs that will let you do that. Most of them will not be writing software that is built on X.
    • allarm 3y ago
      So? What’s your point?
      • saagarjha 3y ago
        Your choice of text editor is largely irrelevant to your job. Picking a legacy tech stack to work in is not.
        • allarm 3y ago
          I get that. I just don’t think that “hamstring” is a good word to describe it. It’s a personal preference.