I just dislike the whole “there’s an app for that” mindset. Adding an app is not a linear increase in complexity, it’s quadratic: you now need to somehow make i

I just dislike the whole “there’s an app for that” mindset. Adding an app is not a linear increase in complexity, it’s quadratic: you now need to somehow make it play well with everything you already do. I don’t want more apps, I want better apps that support more workflows in more transparent ways. Admittedly, I don’t use a personal general-purpose computer for as many things as I used to (managing an mp3 collection is no longer a thing; movies are on a smart tv; messengers are on a phone; …), but these days I try to avoid new stuff, even where it’s a bit clunky to do things in the GUI programs I already use. Which are basically xterm, Emacs, Firefox, and Darktable like once a month. Phones are a lost cause.