Awesome web development productivity tools • Hacker News Board

Re: Awesome web development productivity tools

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Post by ams6110 » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 3:15 PM UTC

nl wrote: post #20

lhnz wrote: post #2

A nice list, but I can't be the only person here that is trying to speed up my page-load time and reduce the number of development tools that I depend on. Which would make a smaller shortlist?

speed up my page-load time and reduce the number of development tools that I depend on Most people like to speed up their page-load time, but reducing the number of tools you rely on seems a strange thing to do (unless it is some kind of enforce-artificial-constraints thing). A good craftsperson knows their tools well, and knows which tool to use where. Reducing the number of tools seems artificially limiting.

A good craftsperson knows their tools well

Knowing tools takes time. And it seems like every week I'm hearing about some great new dev tool. Do folks actually try all of these? It seems you'd be perpetually at the base of the learning curve if you did.

Re: Awesome web development productivity tools

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Post by nl » Mon, Oct 31, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #21

nl wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

speed up my page-load time and reduce the number of development tools that I depend on Most people like to speed up their page-load time, but reducing the number of tools you rely on seems a strange thing to do (unless it is some kind of enforce-artificial-constraints thing). A good craftsperson knows their tools well, and knows which tool to use where. Reducing the number of tools seems artificially limiting.

A good craftsperson knows their tools well Knowing tools takes time. And it seems like every week I'm hearing about some great new dev tool. Do folks actually try all of these? It seems you'd be perpetually at the base of the learning curve if you did.

Knowing tools takes time

True

And it seems like every week I'm hearing about some great new dev tool.

True

Do folks actually try all of these?

No

Hearing about something is a data point. Hearing about the same thing, multiple times, from multiple sources you trust is a sign you should try something.

Re: Awesome web development productivity tools

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Post by StuffMaster » Thu, Nov 03, 2011, 7:09 PM UTC

scottschulthess wrote: post #18

Misleading title, this is just a cool list of cool tools, most of which aren't particularly oriented productivity (anymore than any tool is). IMO productivity tools are ones that help you do your existing task in essentially the same way but faster.

I saw it as a list of big pictures and left quickly...