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Re:I no longer build software by ativzzz on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:23AM (#24544480)
It depends on the problem you're solving of course. All of these tools are built to be able to solve larger, more complex problems more effectively. You are still welcome to ignore all of them and write a cool program for yourself for fun, just don't expect to get paid for it.

Ultimately, we get paid to solve business problems, not to have fun with programming.

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Re:I no longer build software by stevedonovan on Monday September 21, 2020 @11:51AM (#24544795)
This is of course true. But is a particular fashionable technology the best way to solve that business problem, or is yet another layer of fun? I suspect that being able to deliver simple scalable solutions without bandwagon dependencies is going to be a differentiator, in _business terms_
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