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Ask HN: How to avoid being a digital pack rat?
I am finally admitting to myself that I am a digital hoarder. I just upgraded my laptop and realized how much stuff I drag along each time I upgrade. I have VMs from the last three laptops and two workstations that I keep lugging around. At this rate my next laptop will have to have a 1tb drive just for the old VMs. I tell myself that I will cleanup later but I am at a point where it will take a significant effort to consolidate and minimize.
How can I avoid this in the future? How do you streamline your file storage and application management?
- bemmu 16y agoAs storage grows, won't your old stash become very easy to store?
- jpmc 16y agoThat was my thought but a 500GB hard drive in a notebook fills up fast when you have 40g - 100g virtual machines. I was counting on technology to "fix" an organization issue. Now I just have a lot more of the same issue.