>> When you're doing work professionally, el-cheapo tools rarely make sense.
> 
> And where do you draw the line between hobby and professional work?

someone pays you for the work == professional
quitting the work has no financial consequences whatsoever == hobby

There is some gray area (you somehow fund it yourselfs, quitting it has 
some indirect financial consequences), but it is small.

but is does not matter much, there is always a cost per hour that you 
should determine. It can be as low as $1/h, but it is never 0. from this 
figure you can (should!) make your decisions.

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