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The New Promiscuity of Modern Developers: When Being Unfaithful to Tools Is Normal

The New Promiscuity of Modern Developers: When Being Unfaithful to Tools Is Normal

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Throughout my career, I’ve seen many things change. I’ve gone from Borland to Visual Studio, from vi to Sublime Text, from Sublime to VS Code… And believe me, each change was a deliberate decision that cost me weeks of adaptation. But what’s happening now with AI tools is something completely different.

I’ve found myself using Copilot in the morning, trying Cursor in the afternoon, and checking out Claude Code before going to bed. And I’m not alone. Developers have gone from being faithful as dogs to our tools to being… well, promiscuous.