Re:On Software Tooling
by nine_k on Wednesday August 29, 2018 @11:04AM
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The point of the text is that a need, and an understanding precede the use of any tools. The use of a tool without a need or an understanding does not help at best, and is harmful pretty often.
You do not become a photographer by buying a lot of gear. You train your eye, study, and maybe buy gear eventually when you know why you need it.
You do not become a software developer buy buying a bunch of supercomputers. You study, you start with smallest things, and maybe you buy hardware eventually, or deploy a lot of cloud instances, when you know why you need it.
You do not become a successful company by quickly raising tons of capital. You study, learn about the markets and the needs of your prospective customers, start with building rather simple things, and maybe eventually you take hefty investments, when you know why you need it.
You can go on and on. The old adage is to use the right tool for the job. This begins with understanding the job, and understanding the need of tools. Then you can choose the tools. Starting with tools, especially expensive tools, and believing that the use of these tools will automatically help achieve success, is a mistake.
You do not become a photographer by buying a lot of gear. You train your eye, study, and maybe buy gear eventually when you know why you need it.
You do not become a software developer buy buying a bunch of supercomputers. You study, you start with smallest things, and maybe you buy hardware eventually, or deploy a lot of cloud instances, when you know why you need it.
You do not become a successful company by quickly raising tons of capital. You study, learn about the markets and the needs of your prospective customers, start with building rather simple things, and maybe eventually you take hefty investments, when you know why you need it.
You can go on and on. The old adage is to use the right tool for the job. This begins with understanding the job, and understanding the need of tools. Then you can choose the tools. Starting with tools, especially expensive tools, and believing that the use of these tools will automatically help achieve success, is a mistake.