- Topics: [[Mastery]] --- - One of the best ways to learn is to get good with bad (or basic) tools. - Using bad, basic, or semi broken tools help teach you the techniques required to perform the task well. It familiarizes you with the foundations. The nuances, knowledge, and methods better/sophisticated tools take care of or hide. It helps make you more comfortable with the task. It encourages more confidence and capability with the task, not the tool, which ultimately determines quality of the job.