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It did come across as quite condescending. The fact is that I’ve tried IDEs, many times. They aren’t a good fit for me. If we’re doing unkind takes though, I’d
by rebeccaskinner 3y ago
It did come across as quite condescending. The fact is that I’ve tried IDEs, many times. They aren’t a good fit for me.
If we’re doing unkind takes though, I’d say a better analogy isn’t that the non-ide users are ignorant so much as it is that the ide users are, through a lack of ability or motivation, unable to create their own tools to improve their craft, and so take whatever bland uninspiring monument to mediocrity that someone tries to sell them. Like a person who condescendingly eats ramen dry from the package and informs the person cooking a good meal that surely they must be ignorant to not realize you can buy perfectly edible food at the gas station on the corner.
Now, personally, I prefer to think better of people than that- and I assume that people are just choosing to use what works for them, and to not be a jerk about it.
- redhale 3y agoHa, I actually love that analogy! I will neither confirm nor deny whether I've eaten ramen dry from the package before... I really didn't mean any offense, so I apologize. I was just trying to find an analogy for a feeling that I've otherwise found difficult to articulate, but I probably did not adequately convey the lighthearted sarcastic tone I intended. My bad. As I said at the top of my last post, I would never intentionally begrudge or shame anyone for using tools they feel are a better fit for them -- to each their own.
- rebeccaskinner 3y agoNo worries, sorry if my reply was a bit short too. Sounds like we're both happy for what we use, and willing to do a bit of lighthearted teasing of people on the other side with no real ill-will. I think that's a pretty good state for the world to be in.