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fragmede • yesterday at 6:57 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

Why is Rails a hammer not Milwaukee/DeWalt/Makita/etc? A carpenter with only DeWalt brand power tools will do just fine.


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whstl • yesterday at 7:22 PM

Not if the job provides only Makita.

And before you say "a carpenter can switch from DeWalt to Makita just fine": that's why the analogy was made with a hammer.