As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook

Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by mosselman on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:34AM (#44113547)

Thanks for pointing this out. In the same vein there are so many posts about productivity systems where people put endless amount of time into crafting their gtd notebooks with tabs and lists, etc. All that time spent to be productive instead of actually being productive. Or people describing their ideal Obsidian work flows instead of actually noting anything useful down in it. People writing about how they built their own blogging engine because their particular way of blogging is so unique that they had to hand-roll something. All that time spent on building a blog rather than blogging. (I've been there too).

I love "This isn't craftsmanship cosplay, it's software engineering.". I will definitely steal this, let me put it in my notebook.

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by blippage on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @03:38AM (#44113564)

As some wag on Reddit put it, "Digital Note Taking Systems: Cutting and pasting your life away, one note at a time."

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by martindbp on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @05:10AM (#44114106)

You see this everywhere. In sports its the people who spend most of their time worrying about their equipment instead of just playing the game. I was there with learning Chinese as well, spent way more time thinking about tools than actually learning the language.

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Re:As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a n... by verzali on Wednesday May 28, 2025 @11:34AM (#44117145)

The people wearing the shiny new running shoes at the start of the race rarely finish anywhere close to the front.

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