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Respectfully, I've never understood this viewpoint. If the configuration options are importable from some external repository (as the vast majority of dotfiles
by scubbo 6y ago
Respectfully, I've never understood this viewpoint. If the configuration options are importable from some external repository (as the vast majority of dotfiles are), "as fast as possible" simply becomes "how quickly can I install git (or my VCS of choice) and pull down my configuration options?"
For keyboards and other physical hardware, sure, you can't remap on the fly. But I'd wager the the vast majority of productivity-customizations that people implement are software-level.
- detaro 6y agoAs always, it depends on what you do. On your machines, sure. On customer machines, no, quickly installing a VCS and pulling some repository is often not an option.
- kqr 6y agoI truly pity the developer that has to create software (a) on customer machines and (b) without VCS and pulling repositories.
- detaro 6y agoIt's not just creating, but also debugging, configuring, ... I'm not even sure git runs on some of the systems I work with. And yes, some environments take a very dim view on you pulling repositories from outside their internal systems.