[joelkesler]

Author here:

For sure! I can understand that. For people who don’t want to use the script, I also included a list of what is installed in the README. Experienced dev's can manually install and configure what they need.

We have many devs who are fresh out of university or used to windows, so not all are experts with the Linux/Mac command-line. This is helpful for them, and others who just want to start quick.

Update: clarifications

[harryvederci]

You can't just share something for free on the internet and expect people not to be mad. Consider this a learning experience.

[stavros]

Hahaha oh :(

[onion2k]

We have many devs who are fresh out of university or used to windows, so not all are experts with the Linux/Mac command-line. This is helpful for them...

Removing an ideal opportunity to learn doesn't sound particularly helpful. In fact, it sounds like you want them to "get up to speed quickly" and "hit the ground running" rather than be onboarded in a way that makes them useful, long term members of the team.

This approach is practically the opposite of how I think you should treat a new graduate on your team. They're new to the company, the tools, the operating system, even to the world of just having a dev job in some cases. They need time to be able to learn how to work well. I get that you want to remove a barrier and make life easier, but overcoming that barrier yourself is useful, even if you need a bit of hand-holding to do it.

Whose idea was this? I can't help but think this is the work of a senior who doesn't want to mentor or help juniors, and they've automated their problem of being asked 'dumb' questions away. If someone brought this script to my company I would fight against its adoption.

Edit: I just saw this comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29535498. In your position I'd delete the script and work on updating your on-boarding documentation, because you're fixing the wrong problem, and also realise that 2 - 5 days to onboard in a new role is normal and perfectly acceptable. Just understanding a new codebase takes longer than that.

[Brian_K_White]

"Removing an ideal opportunity to learn"

A script like this is also a reference, a known state, which is valuable, even necessary, all by itself regardless if you agree with what it does or the state it produces or the value of being forced to do it all wrong and discover and file off all the edges yourself over time.