RE: https://phpc.social/@ramsey/116104919958954997
This here; when the tools are fit for purpose and make engineers’ jobs easier, you have to pry them from our fingers. All you have to do is look at the dedication to vim/emacs adaptations you’ll see in older coders to see the lengths to which we go to use the tools we feel work best.
It is a massive quality red flag if you have to force your staff to use a tool.
@offby1 (I am not yet faced with mandatory ai usage and I am skeptical of ai)
Based on my own experience as an "older dev", I think your vim/emacs example argues the opposite of what you intend. I DEFINITELY resisted using a modern IDE for much longer than I should have, instead sticking with emacs. It wasn't until I attended a conference (maybe YAPC or LISA?) and a speaker demo'd to the room a faster way to tie one's shoes as a metaphor, that I finally gave one a try and eventually switched.
Chris is.
Lawrence Miller