I am looking for your insights.
1 tool that you will you recommend? What do you use it for? How much % does your work rely on it? From how long are you using it? Pros? Cons?
I appreciate your time in advance
The tool works more or less perfectly for my relatively simple use cases. IAC codebases tend to be smaller so context management easy. It could be more capable of course but from my perspective there are no major cons. Typically I have 3 or 4 repos checked out into workspace and the tool is managing how to "stitch them together" / integrate. Having a local workflow is pretty key, one missing piece for me right now is being able to easily iterate on work that can only be tested by running a pipeline (without manually shuttling data between tools).
I don't think I actually deliver any faster because in enterprise you spend most time in wait states blocked by slow internal processes (ticket for X, approval for Y, meeting to discuss Z, 20 minute deploy pipelines). It would require major org transformation to shift this, seems unlikely to happen in the next few years.
I will say, my job feels easier and my cognitive load lighter. I don't need to "switch modes" as often between high and low level thinking. It "feels" like having a fairly capable junior (who nonetheless needs careful management and supervision) to handle the details.
So True! Glacial. Even with "ultra important asap" items
The good thing about it is that the plan is a hell of a deal, and it works well enough to not be annoying.