The Productivity Mirage: Why Tools Matter Less Than Intuition

I once sat next to Bob, a legendary Facebook engineer, expecting to learn from his complex setup. Instead, he used basic Sublime Text and simple printf logs. His success came from superior product taste and intuition, not fancy tools. This story reminds me that solving the right problems matters far more than obsessing over how we work.
I was so preoccupied with how he did things that I totally missed what he was working on.