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> You get the same amount of work done Not necessarily. I work with a lot of legacy spaghetti code with many layers of unnecessary abstractions which requires
by LeafItAlone 3y ago
> You get the same amount of work done
Not necessarily. I work with a lot of legacy spaghetti code with many layers of unnecessary abstractions which requires navigating through the code a _lot_. I have set up my IDE and toolset to make it easy and fast to navigate through the mess. Whereas some of my coworkers haven’t and getting to the same result takes much longer. This is just one way that tools can actually speed up your work to get more done.
- ReleaseCandidat 3y agoI was talking about actual woodworking hand tools.
- eric-hu 3y agoI’ve done a fair amount of car work. The analogy makes sense for me when I think about workspace habits. There was a time where I’d grab a wrench and then leave it wherever when I was done turning that one bolt. It might have been on the ground next to my right hand, on my belly, or on the bumper. That changed after I spent far too many frustrating moments looking for a 12 mm wrench and losing my train of thought to backtrack my steps. I hit a stride when I learned to organize my tools and keep them organized between tasks. It’s still obvious to me now because I have friends who don’t work this way, and I feel overwhelmed when I go into their garage or kitchen and all work surfaces are covered in tools, knives, unopened boxes, etc. I need to actively expand mental energy to ignore those things.