Thank you Pexels! Recently on Twitter, there was a question posted on what your favorite tools were. Not only was I delighted with the amount of answers (and the information I gained on what was suggested), but the amount of thought that people took before answering. I suspect they were looking specifically for testing tools, but my answer applies to nearly all areas of my life. Choosing tools - be they something that you write, a regular expression, a locator, or a commercial product - is so very dependent on what you need it to do that a general recommendation is likely useless to those in other areas. Even in the world of databases - which seem to have been around forever, and all the options are fairly well know - there are still large disagreements on relational versus document databases, and how to best utilize them to get the information needed. And selecting tools of nearly any type for a brand-new project is an exercise in frustration. Thankfully, there are few total
The short-post ramblings of a 'sandwich generation' person who is trying to make a second career around her child and parent (and is financially dependent on them). The posts will be short: simply due to time constraints.