New Relic Engineers' Favorite Tools
Blog post from New Relic
At the annual New Relic Product Offsite in Sunriver, Oregon, the New Relic blog team conducted an informal survey to identify attendees' favorite software development tools, yielding 28 responses from over 700 attendees. The survey, part of a lively "poster session" event, revealed IntelliJ IDEA and Visual Studio Code as the top choices among a diverse group of software engineers, managers, and other roles. Participants praised IntelliJ for its powerful capabilities across multiple languages, especially Java, while Visual Studio Code was lauded for its speed, customization options, and built-in terminal and debugging features. Other tools, such as Bash, Keyboard Maestro, Trello, Sketch, curl, Sublime Text, and even pen and paper, were highlighted for their specific functionalities and the unique benefits they brought to different roles within the company. The survey provided insights into the preferences and rationales behind tool choices, while also capturing some unconventional responses like "sleep" and "a table saw," reflecting the creative nature of the engineering community.