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Discussion on: Why do I hate external things in programming?

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Kasey Speakman • Edited

I decided long ago that it was not worth using tools at a deep level. Because they will change and you will have to waste time relearning. And yeah, somebody with a lot of special shortcuts and code snippets can code a lot faster than me. But if that really mattered, programmers would be tested for it before being hired. It is far more important to think rightly than to code quickly. The tools are ephemeral so treat them as such. Use the best parts and ignore the rest.