It is my view that it's better to bang out what you can with the tools you've got, and later reach for better tooling when the need or pain point truly arises; instead of trying to optimize from the start with tooling you don't know for perceived potential future productivity. And I consider this not to be a waste of time and energy, but an optimization of available resources.
Often, building with what you know is more important than hacking together with something you don't. Especially if you're trying to build a product on it.
Of course, building something like a web app in excel would be entirely the wrong approach; your tools have to at least be in the ballpark of applicability.
It is my view that it's better to bang out what you can with the tools you've got, and later reach for better tooling when the need or pain point truly arises; instead of trying to optimize from the start with tooling you don't know for perceived potential future productivity. And I consider this not to be a waste of time and energy, but an optimization of available resources.
Often, building with what you know is more important than hacking together with something you don't. Especially if you're trying to build a product on it.
Of course, building something like a web app in excel would be entirely the wrong approach; your tools have to at least be in the ballpark of applicability.