![]() ![]() Integrated debuggers had just landed when I began developing which means, yeah, I like debugging at the command line. I started working with computers before the mouse which means I trust my keyboard more. My development experience is different than yours. These are my foamy rules and they may differ wildly from your list. The point is not which tool, the point is that the way that tool – your tool - looks, feels, and functions fits how you see, move, and work. I believe you can be just as productive sitting inside of a rich development environment such as Xcode as you can inside of TextMate and a slew of terminal windows. Even a specific feature inside of that tool is not that interesting. Each of those professions came with their own set of bright and shiny tools, but the tools were not important. I was a database guy then I was a shrink-wrap guy and then I became a web applications guy. You need to be a zealot about your tools and zealotry starts with fit. You need to be able to explain in great detail why using green-colored text on a black background is THE ONLY WAY TO CODE. This is an obvious list of tools and there’s nothing here that you haven’t heard before. The lesson again: the correct tool is going to make you exponentially more productive.Īs an engineer, there is a short list of tools that you must be rabid about. To me, standing there with my arsenal of chainsaws, it’s absurd. He’s heard of them and suspects they’re much faster than the laborious sweaty grind of this sawing, but there’s no chainsaw here, so he’s semi-happily hacking away. A saw.Ĭontext shapes perspective, so thanks to the contents of his garage, he knows of no universe where there are chainsaws. I’ve got several trees I want to get rid of… and what do I have in the garage? Two hammers, a paint can full of nails, some leftover wood and… a saw. Take a moment and step inside the mind of the brother-in-law. That’s a long introduction to say an obvious thing, but I’m going to make it even longer. The lesson: the correct tool is exponentially more productive. When Marty and I showed up, we dropped all five trees, cut up the trunks and branches, and stacked them into disposable piles in an hour. In his three minutes he’d sawed off… a branch. It’s fun for about three minutes and then you start wondering… am I making progress? The brother-in-law had taken it on himself to use a handsaw on one of the trees. Any tree is the Rocket’s nemesis.Įven if you’ve never handled a chainsaw, you’ve probably used a handsaw. Marty would be perfect for a job in the ‘burbs. He’s the everyday mid-sized saw that is enough to handle almost any job. There’s Junior, who is great at handling the small jobs. Trees fall and trees die, and in a forest of any significant size, this is always happening. But the pleasure of living in a forest has a tax. There are sturdy oaks, playful maples, lovely madrones, weed-like bay laurels, and, of course, giant redwoods. I live on the edge of a redwood forest in Northern California. ![]() Not big trees - 10 to 15 feet tall, six-inch trunks. The brother-in-law lives in the ‘burbs and needed five trees removed. ![]()
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