> I really feel like if you are in a position to determine tooling, it's so much more helpful to lean into whatever people on the ground want to use.
This might mean picking something that you think/know kind of sucks for the task, but that will be easier for most people to grok - while it might subjectively feel unfortunate, it's probably the right thing to do, for the sake of the majority of the team having an easier time.
Pushing your interests more strongly, or even in a top down fashion, might work, but that's more risky both in regards to letting everyone get things done, as well as team cohesion and turnover.
This might mean picking something that you think/know kind of sucks for the task, but that will be easier for most people to grok - while it might subjectively feel unfortunate, it's probably the right thing to do, for the sake of the majority of the team having an easier time.
Pushing your interests more strongly, or even in a top down fashion, might work, but that's more risky both in regards to letting everyone get things done, as well as team cohesion and turnover.