Virtual Selling by Jeb Blout

Why so much negativity under this post? This is a positive in terms of global scientific and technological progress.

Probably because people are annoyed that "launching satellites" is portrayed as a major feat (as it once was), when nowadays launching a CubeSat is not that impressive.

Probably because of the original clickbait title, which seems to have been changed by the mods to be more accurate.

Use HeidiSQL, It's free and easy to use.

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Yep. They have a niche there. The only worthy alternative in their space is QGIS.

We use QGIS in our research environments because it’s free, open source, and is cross-platform. It’s the only fully featured GIS suite that Mac/Linux users can use that I’m aware of. Always looking for suggestions though.

PHP / Laravel. Its not a contest. Its easy to write and setup. It has auth, security, templating and all you need.

It varies from company to company and role to role.

Outdated Tools

Any specific area? Is it more an issue of the company not updating to newer releases or is it more a lack of up-to-date software offerings.

Do you have any examples of outdated tools and why they're no longer well-equipped?

Wordpress. Worked in company using Woocommerce for their e-commerce solution, It was profitable at that. That is if you want a quick and simple solution. If you want something less turnkey and more flexible but more tasking, Django or Laravel is a good option.

Don't overcomplicate things, simplicity is often underrated on the web side of development. This is coming from a guy who writes low level embedded c and c++ on a daily basis.