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You use what you know rather than switching to the language of the month every, well, month.

I've been using the same toolchain for a decade now. I don't have to futz with the configuration: I learned it 10 years ago.

There's a balance there, between keeping on top of technology and focusing on solving problems.

It's been interesting for me doing a little Ruby of late because coming from mostly C++ (with bits of Java and Perl) I find myself fighting with the interpreter a lot. It's not that C++ doesn't have its quirks, it's just that I've known them all for so long that I work around them intuitively.

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