From cad33c58bde04f216f177580bdbbcc3cd4682af1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julio Biason Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 14:14:39 -0300 Subject: [PATCH] New Chapter: right tool for the job --- content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md | 1 + .../books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult/index.md | 2 +- .../right-tool-agenda/index.md | 24 +++++++++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 content/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda/index.md diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md index ea8d8eb..05c71ef 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/_index.md @@ -35,3 +35,4 @@ template = "section-contentless.html" * Community/Teams * [A Language Is Much More Than A Language](languages-are-more) * [Understand And Stay Away From Cargo Cult](cargo-cult) + * ["Right Tool For The Job" Is Just To Push An Agenda](right-tool-agenda) diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult/index.md index d03ee7d..38b0056 100644 --- a/content/books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult/index.md +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult/index.md @@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ ProductX good, or even if it fits your solution. And there is much more [behind a product](/books/things-i-learnt/languages-are-more) than just its development. -{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/languages-are-more", prev_chapter_title="A Language Is Much More Than A Language") }} +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/languages-are-more", prev_chapter_title="A Language Is Much More Than A Language", next_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda", next_chapter_title="Right Tool For The Job Is Just To Push An Agenda") }} diff --git a/content/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda/index.md b/content/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..430a941 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/books/things-i-learnt/right-tool-agenda/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ ++++ +title = "Things I Learnt The Hard Way - \"Right Tool For The Job\" Is Just To Push An Agenda " +date = 2019-06-25 + +[taxonomies] +tags = ["en-au", "books", "things i learnt", "right tool", "agenda"] ++++ + +A lot of times I heard "We should use the right tool for the job!" Most of +those times it was just a way to push an agenda. + + + +When someone claims we should use the "right tool", the sentence mean there is +a right tool and a wrong tool to do something -- e.g., using a certain +language/framework instead of the current language/framework. + +But sadly, none of those times it was really the "right tool". Most of the +time, the person saying we should use the "right tool" was trying to push +their own favourite language/framework, either because they disliked the +current language/framework or because they don't want to push the "hero +project". + +{{ chapters(prev_chapter_link="/books/things-i-learnt/cargo-cult", prev_chapter_title="Understand And Stay Away From Cargo Cult") }}