What are Your Indispensable Software Skills?
No comments by: Elliot Williams September 19, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Using tools properly takes skill, and this goes for software tools as well as hardware. You don’t just buy a paintbrush and on day one paint the Mona Lisa. Similarly, you can’t just open up a CAD program and whip out whatever 3D objects your heart desires, or fire up Vim and start typing.
- ▪No comments by: Elliot Williams September 19, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Using tools properly takes skill, and this goes for software tools as well as hardware.
- ▪You don’t just buy a paintbrush and on day one paint the Mona Lisa.
- ▪Similarly, you can’t just open up a CAD program and whip out whatever 3D objects your heart desires, or fire up Vim and start typing.
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What Are Your Indispensable Software Skills? No comments by: Elliot Williams September 19, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy Using tools properly takes skill, and this goes for software tools as well as hardware. You don’t just buy a paintbrush and on day one paint the Mona Lisa. Similarly, you can’t just open up a CAD program and whip out whatever 3D objects your heart desires, or fire up Vim and start typing. Software tools take a bit of learning before you can wield them efficiently, if even at all. And because you can’t be skilled at everything, no matter how hard we are all trying, it’s good to have at least some of the software tools you know do double duty. Tom and I were watching [Clough42] design an electronics cabinet for a CNC machine.
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