Fighting Complexity in Software Development

Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by jumpinalake on Thursday July 04, 2019 @08:59PM (#20359129)

Are you arguing that all tools are equal? Or that some tools are better than others but the difference is negligible compared to experience? I don’t agree that experience is everything (if by everything you mean that all other factors have zero influence).

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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by codr7 on Thursday July 04, 2019 @09:26PM (#20359241)

Without experience, tools don't matter. A skilled developer will most likely write better code regardless of language/framework.

It's a repeating pattern in this society, fools with advanced gear doing what fools do best.

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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by Nyandalized on Friday July 05, 2019 @01:33AM (#20360073)

I'd argue that no matter how "good" you are, you are capped at what tools you're using.

Consider using a hammer against a pneumatic tool. A newbie will hose you with better tools, they're wielding that condensed knowledge at their hands, their sum overshadow yours with only a hammer.

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Re:Fighting Complexity in Software Development by collyw on Friday July 05, 2019 @02:40AM (#20360340)

To a degree. Python has plenty of advanced features that I have rarely used. 20% of the language gets used 80% of the time.

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