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by Tideflat 383 days ago
Letting software engineers use their favourite tools, even if those tools are suboptimal, is a way to make your engineers happier without paying them anymore.

it may cost you more in slower development times.

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I had one boss who rode me daily for using Emacs. He insisted I’d work faster if only I’d switch from it to “an IDE”. It wasn’t long before I told him to knock it off and never bring it up again. My dude, what do you think this thing is?