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The Internet is full of frequently mentioned laws. I wrote about that
[[id:2024-09-27-Internet-laws][in this article]]. For personal reference, I would like to coin some
common patterns for me as well. This is one of them. You might want to
refer to it when appropriate.

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Law of tool usefulness: Any tool can be a perfect fit for a given set of requirements.
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For reference, please do use the hashtag: #LawOfToolUsefulness

***** Background

If you read [[id:2021-01-18-tool-choices][my article on how to choose a tool]] carefully, you might
notice that given a certain set of requirements, one specific tool is
a perfect fit.

Now it you reverse that thought, you might also come to the conclusion
that for any existing tool, I may come up with some set of
requirements so that this specific tool is a good fit.

Sometimes, this seems hard to do. However, even the worst tool you can
imagine is a good fit when you need to demonstrate its flaws. While
this being clearly an edge-case, the general idea is still valid. You
give me an obscure software tool and I can find a set of requirements
where this tool is a perfect fit.

Don't misinterpret that law as "any tool is great". I did not say that.

***** Similar Ideas
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- [[id:2022-11-09-Voits-law-of-workflow-usefulness][(Voit's) Law of Workflow Usefulness]]