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Tools have a lot to do with setting the range of possible creations you can make. If I have better tools I can build much larger buildings than you on similar t

Tools have a lot to do with setting the range of possible creations you can make. If I have better tools I can build much larger buildings than you on similar timescales. It's the difference between using wood and all the standard tools to build a skyscraper and using forklifts, cranes, and welded beams. No amount of skill is going to turn your toolbox into a forklift. Similar sorts of increases are possible with other programming languages and better toolsets, unfortunately you usually have to use them to see these things. You'll probably ask why everyone isn't using these tools if they're so good. The answer is for the same reason people write articles like this. New stuff is scary and weird and the old stuff works well enough, right?

Killswitch 14y ago
Wrong. Just because you can build faster with a supposedly "better" tool, doesn't mean everyone else can. I know Python, I know Node.js, I know a bunch of other languages, but I don't know them better than PHP, and to be honest, my job doesn't pay me to learn a new language at the same scale as I know my current language, all because a group of people THINK that my language is crap, when in reality, to the end user, my language looks no different than theirs. My mentality is to use whatever tool you feel comfortable with, and don't let someone else tell you to use something different because THEY can build faster. Sure a nail gun is faster than a hammer, but if I have problems with an nail gun and can bang in nails faster with a hammer than a nail gun. I'm gonna use the hammer.