• e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de
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      7 days ago

      Most of their IDEs you can use for free for non-commercial purposes and even if you need to buy them; when you compare software development to any other profession our tools are incredibly cheap. You can get all the Jetbrains IDEs for less than 300€. Compare that to a HDL simulator or a 3D CAD application like Autodesk. These easily cost several thousand euros each year.

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      7 days ago

      Same. I use VSCode at work, because we need some of the features that are premium in Jetbrains products and the licenses are too expensive for my company.

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        7 days ago

        If your work can’t afford less than $20/seat/month for business-critical software, I’d start looking for a new job because your paychecks are about to dry up, anyway.

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              6 days ago

              Funny how such companies don’t care that employees would be more effective with better tools and those license prices would result in way over $20/month profit. 🤷‍♂️