Be your tool's best friend, not its enemy

i.e. don't spend the day fighting against your computer

Have you ever thought about how many steps are involved in transforming a simple idea into a working application? And how often do the tools designed to assist us end up becoming obstacles instead?

How many developers have you seen—or even been—blaming the IDE (I'm sorry Eclipse, I still love you), the pipeline, or the terminal because something didn't w…