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Don't give people saws until they spend years chopping down trees with axes. Or maybe they should start out by punching them down, we weren't born with axes you know, and you won't understand a saw until you feel the wood fibers buckling under your knuckles.

No. This stance is complete nonsense. People who don't want to learn how things work won't learn either way, but an IDE can at least make them safer and more productive. For people who do, an IDE can magnify your abilities quite a lot. All of which is true for any (decent[1]) tool in any field.

[1] here, have a twitter rant. You're advocating for the Hole Hawg: https://twitter.com/myrrlyn/status/980148201456943104



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