Give me a screwdriver

Said a developer, likely never.

Even if screwdriver is not used, at least a lot, in software development, other tools are. Editors, compilers, libraries, spotify, browsers, consoles, gen-AI girlfriends, coffee machine, food delivery, and other tools enable the modern development of software.

Some of the used tools are expensive, others irreplaceable, and some are tailored or do-it-yourself. As sometimes the wheel isn’t round enough, so it’s better to develop a rounder wheel for the development…

The challenge with tools in development organizations is to find the balance between anarchy of tools and over harmonization of tools.