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title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - The Right Tool Is More Obvious Than You Think"
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date = 2019-06-25
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tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "right tool"]
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Maybe you're in a project that needs to process some text. Maybe you're
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tempted to say "Let's use Perl" 'cause you know that Perl is very strong in
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processing text.
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But that may still be not the right tool.
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Although Perl is an amazing tool to process files, providing every single
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switch and option you'll ever need, you're missing something: You're working
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on a C shop. Everybody knows C, not Perl.
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Sure, if it is a small, "on the corner" kind of project, it's fine to be in
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Perl; if it is important for the company, it's better that if it is a C
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project.
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One of the reason your hero project may fail is because of this: You may even
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prove that what you thought it was a better solution is actually a better
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solution, but it can't be applied 'cause nobody else can maintain it.
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{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda", prev_chapter_title="Right Tool For The Job Is Just To Push An Agenda") }}
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