Re:Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
by 3eb7988a1663 on Sunday August 02, 2026 @10:27PM
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What mythical software is this? The only infinitely customizable software I can think of is emacs, and that takes an enormous amount of effort to become proficient.
Re:Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
by Scarblac on Monday August 03, 2026 @02:13AM
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Spreadsheet software, like Excel.
Re:Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
by ssdspoimdsjvv on Monday August 03, 2026 @07:49AM
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any serious enterprise software that attempts to fit every company's workflow (rather than forcing the company to follow theirs)
Re:Developers are attached to tools because tools encode trust
by Animats on Monday August 03, 2026 @12:18AM
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> I don't think infinite customizeability is a problem. Poor default configurations are the problem when you build in the ability to customize.
This is a classic IDE problem. The IDE has a preferred directory layout it wants, and some other build tool you're using has a different directory layout.
The idea is that the user should be able to be productive more or less immediately after installing the software, and then incrementally customize it as they discover they have different needs than the defaults give them.
A lot of developers/companies forget the first part, and ship something that requires a team of consultants six months to set up before anyone can do anything useful with it. Of course no one wants that. (Well, except for the highly-paid consultants.)