Brent • 2/21/2019

Craftsmen know their tools

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The article uses the analogy of a woodworking apprentice mastering complex tools to argue that programmers should similarly dedicate time to mastering their development tools (IDEs, version control, frameworks). It challenges the notion of software craftsmanship by questioning if developers truly invest in learning their tools to write better, more maintainable code.

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