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Jim Bennett
@jimbobbennett.dev

"I genuinely don't care. Pick one." That was my contribution to a meeting last week where the team was debating two tools. And it was the most useful thing I said all day. "Strong opinions, loosely held" is the "approved" take. I think it's mostly nonsense.

linkedin.comStrong opinions, strongly held - and why I don't care about your tooling debateI was in a meeting last week where the team was debating which of two tools to use for a job. Both of them do the thing.
Jim Bennett
@jimbobbennett.dev

My version is: strong opinions strongly held, loose opinions loosely held. If I formed an opinion on data and 20 years of scars, it shouldn't flip on a clever argument over coffee. And if I haven't done the work to form one, "I don't care, just pick one" is a perfectly honest answer.

linkedin.comStrong opinions, strongly held - and why I don't care about your tooling debateI was in a meeting last week where the team was debating which of two tools to use for a job. Both of them do the thing.

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linkedin.comStrong opinions, strongly held - and why I don't care about your tooling debateI was in a meeting last week where the team was debating which of two tools to use for a job. Both of them do the thing.