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Don't be a fool, use the proper tool. (lemmy.curiana.net)

submitted 7 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) by ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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I made a meme.

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This is the equivalent of a woodworker building jigs and other tools with their thousands-of-dollars of equipment.

Source: me. I do this. 😬

[–] TriangleSpecialist@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, the feeling of "just needing that one perfect tool before I can do this" seems terribly common and I feel like it's being enabled quite a bit in our society. If I just had the right editor/keyboard/notepad/fountain pen/jig etc, then I'll be able to work on this other thing...