Just Pick One

There are so many different tools, so many different options. Ultimately, just pick one and stick with it. Learn that system. They all look fairly similar. They all work similarly.

The real question to ask when choosing a tool is: is this one going to help you get the furthest you can in the least amount of time with the least amount of trouble? The more you have to wrestle with the tools themselves, the harder everything else becomes.

Things like IDEs (code editors) can feel overwhelming. They’ve got so much extra stuff that beginners just don’t need or care about. Sometimes all you want is to talk to a model and have code written. If you need to inspect some markdown files, you can use a file manager in the terminal. Or open files in a lightweight editor like Zed or VS Code just to view and tweak things. Then go back to the CLI and let the agent do its thing.

And any tool or feature you think you’re missing? You can always have a crack at building it yourself. That’s the beauty of this whole approach.

Build, fail forward, and keep shipping.