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Thansk, and agreed, i am learning ansible but won't be going too deep. If my job was in Ops/sysadmin/SRE then i would learn it more...but at that point it would

Thansk, and agreed, i am learning ansible but won't be going too deep. If my job was in Ops/sysadmin/SRE then i would learn it more...but at that point it would be needed for resume and not just to learn as a hobby anyway. Since my job is not in any of those realsm, ansible will only be a brief, minor experiment. Also agreed that in a few years i also feel that json, yaml will be considered the new "xml", and receive dislike from many. > ...If you have time my suggestion is investing time in Emacs... Thanks for the recommendation. I have tried emacs in the past but it just felt like too much work to get productive in. I've been liking more and more the philosopy about each tool doing only one thing, but doing it well. And, to me, emacs seems so overwhelming. This is not a bad thing, just so far for the times that i tried emacs, it didn't click right for my work flow. I'm not a super fan of vi/vim or nano either, but it is mildly handy that those editors are always available on any linux machine that i jump into. As far as my need for other functions like feed reading, reading email, etc....so far, sticking to the practice of using each tool for only its main function seems to work out ok for me...though i have to consciously ensure i do not go overboard. so far, so good. Thanks again for your comments!

kkfx 5y ago
Personally I've failed with Emacs years ago, just tried it and decide that's a heavy and horrid mess, I re-tried it few years ago when I see it in action and was at that point in time that I realize it's power. Emacs is one-tool one-job BUT the tool is just a function and functions can be combined like unix commands in pipes but in far more powerful manner and with far less overhead. Try seeing this: https://youtu.be/B6jfrrwR10k https://youtu.be/B6jfrrwR10k or this https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg the real issue when starting without a friend of video-tutorials is that Emacs defaults are barebone and really old, the juicy things come only when you discover them. The power of Emacs is not much Emacs itself but the classic desktop paradigm: anything is integrated so anything can be combined. You type some math in a mail? Why not have it rendered by LaTeX, since your system do have LaTeX support installed and why not solve the ode you are typing since you have a CAS? Why being tied on GUIs to cut&paste as the sole IPC? That's is. Is extremely powerful but so different than actual environments that most users fail to comprehend without seeing it in action...
- mxuribe 5y ago
  Thank you, that's quite interesting! I'll take a look at those videos as well. Cheers!

kkfx 5y ago

Personally I've failed with Emacs years ago, just tried it and decide that's a heavy and horrid mess, I re-tried it few years ago when I see it in action and was at that point in time that I realize it's power. Emacs is one-tool one-job BUT the tool is just a function and functions can be combined like unix commands in pipes but in far more powerful manner and with far less overhead. Try seeing this: https://youtu.be/B6jfrrwR10k https://youtu.be/B6jfrrwR10k or this https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg https://youtu.be/dljNabciEGg the real issue when starting without a friend of video-tutorials is that Emacs defaults are barebone and really old, the juicy things come only when you discover them. The power of Emacs is not much Emacs itself but the classic desktop paradigm: anything is integrated so anything can be combined. You type some math in a mail? Why not have it rendered by LaTeX, since your system do have LaTeX support installed and why not solve the ode you are typing since you have a CAS? Why being tied on GUIs to cut&paste as the sole IPC? That's is. Is extremely powerful but so different than actual environments that most users fail to comprehend without seeing it in action...

mxuribe 5y ago
Thank you, that's quite interesting! I'll take a look at those videos as well. Cheers!