When Hammers Don’t Hammer

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I'm a habitual Linux user, and I've used MacOS at work for 4 years. Previously, I've had to use Industry Standard Windows of course. I know what I'm talking about.

I have trouble with these articles because I just don't have those experiences. I find myself handicapped when cut-n-paste is the main interprocess communication, and when I look up how to do something, the description includes hotkeys and/or menus and buttons that don't exist when I try it. I fear the day when I "bing" for how to do something and the instructions include vague "flat design" tapping magic pixels or swiping on ill-defined areas of the screen.

For me it’s been the opposite. I’m not a programmer or have a job that requires me to use anything but basic GUI’s or web services, so the hill to use anything without a GUI is quite high. I think what you do day-to-day for your vocation or how much free time you have to devote to learning these tools directly impacts your ability to utilize command line programs with ease or not.

I guess this article can be summed up by the old adage: “Use the tools you know.”

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