Elias Griffin<p>Software Toolchain Experiences and learning how to learn.</p><p>Is it really wasting time to cut up a new language in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/neovim" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neovim</span></a> vs let's say, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Jetbrains" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jetbrains</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Rubymine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubymine</span></a>?</p><p>On <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> to run RubyMine I of course needed Ruby. I wanted rbenv, so for me that's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MacPorts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MacPorts</span></a> instead of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homebrew</span></a>. Either way issued ruby env manager command in ports and, whoops, need Xcode.</p><p>Been forever since I signed into Mac, need to reset..</p><p>1 hour later I am nowhere. At least in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/spacemacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spacemacs</span></a> I would have halfway through the script and learned and polished my craft in that time. I was even reading Pragmatic Programmer Ruby 3.3 book too.</p><p>In a large project the automated IDE may catch up, but know what you're giving up. </p><p>Maybe software engineering teams shouldn't all be homogenous after all. Moving toward Bring Your Own Toolkit (BYOT) we ought to aim tooling with the developer as assisted AI should only be for the top 10%. </p><p>Did you see <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> coming? ;)</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>engineering</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/developer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>developer</span></a></p>