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Didn’t take long for the “you’re using the wrong tool / holding the tool wrong” replies to appear.
by loloquwowndueo 1y ago
Didn’t take long for the “you’re using the wrong tool / holding the tool wrong” replies to appear.
- verdverm 1y agoKnowing how to search prompt Google became a skill among programmers, so has prompt/context engineering
- jimbokun 1y agoNah, Google made search unreasonably good at finding what users are looking for regardless of how poor the query was. Calling searching in Google a “skill” is similar to calling getting sucked into social media a skill.
- verdverm 1y agoIt's different for programming, and especially evident when you are looking to solve a problem with an error message
- jimbokun 1y agoYou add “site: stack overflow.com”.
- verdverm 1y agoand then you don't also get GitHub, forums, reddit, etc.. I have very rarely needed the site: modifier, and even knowing this exists sets people apart, and reinforces there is skill to it
- steveklabnik 1y agoRecognition of that fact and then applying what you’ve learned about how to effectively wield the tool is a skill.
- AstralStorm 1y agoUnless the tool is trash and breaks, or otherwise unfit for the purpose. You can hammer in nails with your knuckles. Do you want to do that daily? There are people who can, they're still worse at it than a plain hammer or someone even using a right rock. Much less an assembly line.
- steveklabnik 1y agoSure, we're talking about how there's no skill use with Google. But there is. That doesn't mean that every tool is good for every purpose. I agree that not every tool is good for every purpose. That also doesn't mean that every time a tool isn't useful, it's because it's not fit for purpose. Sometimes, it's because the wielder doesn't have the appropriate skills.
- bubblyworld 1y agoIt's really odd to me that pointing this out is used as some kind of counterargument. On its own that makes no sense. Consider that the frequency of replies along those lines might be evidence that there's something to it. It's not necessarily true, of course, but if it's false then you need to explain why so many people believe otherwise.