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Not exactly what you asked, but one idea I just picked is keeping a proper Changelog, ie, stop assuming that "Git history solved that".

And a good way to write those is to have a `## Unreleased` entry on top of `CHANGELOG.md` - the idea is to add tasks as they are being completed.

Then when a version is published/tagged/milestone, replace the "Unreleased" with "v1.2.3".

Great viewing angle. My 27" 4k looks "dark" in the corners from a center position.

I'd also prefer a display with integrated speakers so that a Chromecast could easily turn it into something useful when it gets replaced.

(I would probably try a Ultrawide next time, since its not a big difference in veritcal space with this monitor (scaled) compared to my old 22" display)

100%. If I understand correctly. to change a single line (say some behaviour that is wrong for your workflow) of a VSCode plugin you have to fork it on Github.

In Emacs it would probably be a short snippet, tested in your scratch buffer and added to the end of your init.el:

    (add-hook 'vscode-todoist-xxx-hook ...)
This is what I miss the most about Emacs - what I don't miss is the endless configuration/tweaking...

When I tried that, I found that as soon as I wanted to alternate into more "passive mode" (Youtube, reading a blog post) standing didn't work. I like the stool idea, would love to try standing desk one day again.

And then there's the pricing.. "We already have Google". No way my company would pay for Airtable, Notion, etc

Its spreadsheets all the way.

I find it very interesting. Most of us are more used to highways and airports. The problems one usually has are "if you don't have the documents with you, you go home/get on the next flight".

But in "boat world", delaying a trip a few days is no big deal. So things move slowly, there's time for all this cigarette song and dance, etc. This story has some old world charm in some sense.

Of course bribery is not cool, but in other ways I'm glad the whole world isn't (wasn't.. 2003) so homogeneous, and would prefer it to remain that way because its more interesting.

Write Simply 5 years ago

Wow - I though the highest comment would just praise pg and his essays. I love his essays.

For my daily tasks, VSCode works better than Vim. But, sometimes, I'll have to do a macro in Vim, end up staying there for a couple of days and I have to admit: using those commands, motions and macros is pretty fun. It feels like gamifying work for me, adding an extra layer of enjoyment to the frequently boring tasks.

Eventually I notice that I'm playing with Vim instead of finishing tasks, and go back to VSCode...

Do you think a keyboard like that is mainly helpful for people with pain, or it would make typing more comfortable/efficient for the general user ?