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Wow! Just goes to show it's not about what tool you use, it's about your skills and what you can do with it. We would do well to remember this in all the prog
by peterkelly 13y ago
Wow!
Just goes to show it's not about what tool you use, it's about your skills and what you can do with it.
We would do well to remember this in all the programming language debates we like to have here.
- atondwal 13y agoUnless it's about text editors. Then you can't get _anything_ done if you don't use ed.
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- jackschultz 13y agoI might even go so far as saying that is isn't about the tool, it's about the enjoyment you get from it. Quality should be important only if it's important to you. For most people it is, but if you enjoy doing something, it shouldn't matter what the quality is.
- zw123456 13y agoI agree, I just posted the same sentiment, sorry for being redundant.
- jberryman 13y agoWhat I thought of was about the importance of process and the notion of a medium. Limitations are essential to creativity. That's why I think talking about "digital photography" as a medium is nonsense, and why I think instagram should be taken seriously. I'm not sure how I think that relates to what programmers do.
- ddeck 13y agoAbsolutely. Further highlighted by the link at the end of the story to a page on Tatsuo Horiuchi, who creates his artwork with.....Excel! http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/05/28/tatsuo-horiuchi-excel-spreadsheet-artist/ http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2013/05/28/tatsuo-horiuchi-excel...
- the_cat_kittles 13y agoagreed, but it might also be a testament to how good a tool ms paint is