Re:.NET 8
by squeaky-clean on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @01:11PM
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If you spend 20 hours fixing something that wouldn't occur with the paid toolchain, at what price does it become worth it to skip those 20 hours when they're not directly applicable to what you're trying to accomplish?
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When you literally don't have $20 in your account. Then you can spend 100 hours and it's still worth it.
Also, in big corporations, getting approval for spending $20 is as hard as getting approval for $200 or $2000.
Which is why FOSS software took off in big companies, because it's easier for developers to sample things out and then ask for forgiveness instead of asking for permission.
Also, hobbies. It doesn't even matter if you have $20 to spend, or not. Hobbies depending on paid tools are risky.
People underestimate the importance of free tools because they judge from the perspective of their overinflated consultancy rates.
Re:.NET 8
by CamperBob2 on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:59PM
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Then again, this sort of decisionmaking is probably why you're a software developer with less than $20 in your bank account.