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I'm a many year old programmer myself.

The one thing I'd say is: Let the project select your tools, not the reverse.

Take your time, select your tools and libraries... and it is amazing things just seem to come together. Not every problem will fall to what you know today.

Yes, there will be compromise, but step back, and ask yourself... just how thankful you'd be for any of these options 10+ years ago. If the answer is not... don't use that tool. But many times, what we face is really a plethora of great decisions, and we try to look for the best... not realizing it doesn't exist today, only in retrospect.



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