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I Google everything 14 years ago

I have friends that don't even type URLs anymore, they just type 'youtube' into google every time and click the first result.

Not literally. I should clarify.

Using ls -ltr will indeed list files in order of modification time, but when I read 'Managing Work-In-Progress Folders' I think version control.

ls will list your files, but it won't really 'manage' anything.

"...could’ve gotten a job at any tech company in the USA. I was offered ridiculous salaries with signing bonuses of luxury cars. Pretty tempting."

Thank you!

* closes tab

Vim clutch 14 years ago

I did this a few months ago:

    imap kj <esc>
I have never had to type a word with the letter combination 'kj' in it. Works great.

Definitely don't let this discourage you. I've only been using vim for about six months and I do not know all the commands and modal changes on this diagram.

The great thing about vim is you do not need to know very much to be productive, but every day you learn something new that will make you more productive.

While this is a great reference writing a vim plugin or looking up the behaviour of a specific command, I don't really see it as a learning tool.

"I wrote spark in bash shell. From the start, this gave me a huge audience."

It also helps to be a prominent employee and user of a central developer community, with over 800 followers.

'Gift' is a word I wish I saw more often in the vicinity of 'open source'. I love open source software. I love that there can be a community around any project, no matter how small. It's a powerful philosophy.

But I wish more people would understand the differences between 'free' and 'open source'. Open source software is not free. Huge companies invest millions of dollars into open source projects that you probably use. Time is money.

Looking at is as a gift not only makes you understand the generosity with which the author(s) has open sourced their code, but when I think about it like that I see that there are real people behind the code and that they should be treated as such.

A good lesson.

So that means you're working with an unsaved, untitled file until you're completely satisfied with the post? That doesn't seem very safe. Unless you're saving your drafts in another location and copying them into your "site", but if so, how is that any harder than just "git commit -a"?