Maybe, but most of the tools you listed are not in that category IMNSHO.
Ones I excluded for bring "not worth it" are Lens ($20/user/mo), Snyk ($139/user/month) and Postman ($36/user/month) - contrast those with Gitlabs pricing to understand the value trade-off.
You either care about licenses of dependencies or just decide copyright doesn't apply to you :D Seems that using both is a contradiction.
They have a bunch of rules for IaC that prevent default behaviour from biting you in the butt.
It is weird that software engineers are the only engineer-types that are supposed to be able to do their job with just a computer and a built-in editor.
Not really. We aren't actually engineers. Someone appropriated the title and misused it, and now there's no putting that genie back in the bottle.
I have yet to meet or work with one.
Engineering is expensive, and most software developers rightly default to a pragmatic craftsman's attitude. Build something people can use and iterate on it based on feedback.
When there aren't lives at stake, it's usually the right call.
It is not a coincidence that software development tooling is one of the only fields that has has been thoroughly eaten by open source. It's because the user-developer circle is complete. A mechanical engineer probably doesn't have the skillset to improve the CAD program they're running. A software developer probably has the skillset to improve VIM.
The sheer volume of subscription services I've signed up for as the CTO for a startup is mind-boggling. $8 here, $19 there, $49 for something important, $99 for something essential.
Some tools are easily worth it, especially when you see what is charged for other (less valuable) tools.
Gitlab, Confluence, Jira, Asana, 1Password, co-pilot, codepen, sentry, jetbrains, gitlab plugins for jetbrains, Visual Studio, Docker Desktop, Perforce, Slack, etc;etc;etc;etc
Then there's things like Spacelift ($250!)!
The most frustrating thing is that:
1) I need to justify these expenses each for what value they bring, some things are nice to have but bring so little value on paper.
2) You can't just enable tools for some people, there's huge overlap and that overlap gets greater
I get that people need to be paid, but these things very quickly add up. I'm paying about 7-13% of peoples salaries already in these subscriptions, and I feel like a total dick for saying no to people or trying to consolidate these.