Nick Sieger: Which Tool Would You Use? tag:blog.nicksieger.com,2005:Typo Typo 2010-11-22T18:24:33+00:00 Stancje urn:uuid:2c16d365-804c-40aa-bf7d-fef2a718aead 2009-06-16T09:41:21+00:00 2010-11-22T18:24:33+00:00 Comment on Which Tool Would You Use? by Stancje <p>Well obviously I&#8217;d use the automatic one&#46; Not because it&#8217;d get me better results but because it&#8217;s AWESOME! It&#8217;s almost like running around with a chainsaw!</p> Jeff Binan urn:uuid:47d6b688-bbd0-400f-bc16-a1e408a8f18e 2009-06-13T14:04:36+00:00 2010-11-22T18:24:32+00:00 Comment on Which Tool Would You Use? by Jeff Binan <p>Classic</p> Nick urn:uuid:95dcd207-7476-40b9-8abc-60e57991f59e 2009-06-12T21:57:51+00:00 2010-11-22T18:24:32+00:00 Comment on Which Tool Would You Use? by Nick <p>No comment :)</p> Andy urn:uuid:f4b1c1e7-dd2f-4648-8230-0afd4f9eea11 2009-06-12T20:42:45+00:00 2010-11-22T18:24:32+00:00 Comment on Which Tool Would You Use? by Andy <p>From the title alone I figured this would be Netbeans vs&#46; Textmate/Vim, was pretty close&#46; :) </p> Nick Sieger urn:uuid:a3633f0f-4b90-4de2-a278-6c33c3d15aab 2009-06-12T20:34:27+00:00 2010-11-22T18:24:32+00:00 Which Tool Would You Use? <p>I started in on the twice&#45;yearly task of pruning our hedges today&#46; So confronted with this task:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/3619672997/" title="Shearing the shrubs by nicksieger, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2458/3619672997_70636e8702.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Shearing the shrubs" /></a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>Which tool would you use?</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/3620490416/" title="Which tool? by nicksieger, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3620490416_2fb853899c.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Which tool?" /></a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>I used both today, but realized I enjoy using the hand trimmers much more&#46; With the electric trimmers, you can buzz through a lot of hedge quickly, but sometimes this happens:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksieger/3620491260/" title="Too close by nicksieger, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3300/3620491260_3c9ddd2ab1.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="Too close" /></a></p> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <p>With the hand trimmers, I can take my time and make precise cuts&#46; The end result may take more time, but it turns out much, much better&#46;</p> <p>Software tools have similar feels to me&#46; Java feels an awful lot like the electric trimmers&#46; It&#8217;s heavy and powerful, but sometimes by the time you&#8217;ve finished with it, you&#8217;ve cut so far in that you may have missed a simpler, lighter solution&#46;</p> <p>Ruby feels like the hand trimmers&#46; Precision, less code, more intent, and I can take my time to think through and arrive at a solution without leaving a huge trail of trimmings (code) behind me&#46;</p>