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Sometimes it is the tool that's to blame, you know. Even the best master carpenter wouldn't be able to build something as simple as an end table if he were giv
by Pacabel 13y ago
Sometimes it is the tool that's to blame, you know.
Even the best master carpenter wouldn't be able to build something as simple as an end table if he were given a pickle to use as a hammer, and an onion to use as a saw.
- arel 13y agoThe tool seemed to be the right tool or at least good enough for the master carpenters of Hadoop, Elasticsearch, Cassandra, Zookeeper, Neo4J etc etc... and Google, Netflix, Twitter etc etc...
- cowls 13y agoThat's a terrible analogy. More along the lines of using a sledge hammmer to crack a nut is probably more appropriate here. Java is very powerful but sometimes using it for very simple programs can be overkill Also, have you heard the saying: A bad workman blames his tools
- Pacabel 13y agoYes, I have heard that saying. It's a rather stupid one, because sometimes the tools are to blame, even when in the hands of the best expert there is.