master carpenters produce artisanal works. those works are valued for the craftsmanship itself rather than the utility. so it makes perfect sense that master carpenters would be incentivized to put thought and care into their tools. me? i'm just a tradesman/laborer. okay not really but there's still no such thing as "artisanal software", at least for sure where the code itself has intrinsic value (instead of it generating value). anyway if i ever hit it big, make it to master software developer, and have enough freedom/time that i can afford to spend it on things like personalization, maybe then i will.
> This is somewhat ironic to me
double irony: i'm a compiler engineer and i chose to work in compilers in order to be able to have more control over what my progams did. but i still don't have time (or care) to personalize my IDE (or vim).
Ever try to cut wood with a dull blade? I really don't recommend it. Even a novice carpenter will benefit from taking care of his tools. Admittedly it's more important for carpenters because blunt tools can get you injured. Excepting RSI issues, the worst that will happen with a suboptimal text editor is very marginal inefficiency (typing probably isn't the bottleneck anyway.)
master carpenters produce artisanal works. those works are valued for the craftsmanship itself rather than the utility. so it makes perfect sense that master carpenters would be incentivized to put thought and care into their tools. me? i'm just a tradesman/laborer. okay not really but there's still no such thing as "artisanal software", at least for sure where the code itself has intrinsic value (instead of it generating value). anyway if i ever hit it big, make it to master software developer, and have enough freedom/time that i can afford to spend it on things like personalization, maybe then i will.
> This is somewhat ironic to me
double irony: i'm a compiler engineer and i chose to work in compilers in order to be able to have more control over what my progams did. but i still don't have time (or care) to personalize my IDE (or vim).