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> The other change is my shift of focus back to Lisp, the programming language I love most and know best. Part of this is that Replit is for people who want to

> The other change is my shift of focus back to Lisp, the programming language I love most and know best. Part of this is that Replit is for people who want to get things done, but are intimidated by JetBrains's IDEs. Lisp is a language nerd's language. So really, you're not the target customer. > chromeOS lifestyle Maybe I'm out-of-touch, but I assumed Lisp hackers would be on something beefier. Yes, it's a "linux" laptop, but it'll be an uphill battle. I expected either a Linux Thinkpad or Framework, maybe Mac OS on a Macbook. I actually looked into ChromeOS for my grandma. She basically just browses the web, uses gmail, and plays Freecell, but the app situation made Freecell a non-starter.

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implements 3y ago
> but I assumed Lisp hackers would be on something beefier. He’s using an “Intel CORE i7 ASUS Chromebox 3 with 16 GB RAM and 256 GB storage”. https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-i-use-a-chromebox https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/why-i-use-a-chromebox Previously discussed here, oddly enough: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32743576 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32743576
- dehrmann 3y ago
  Interesting quote from him: > realized I was living in Chrome anyway For average users, this fine, but for software development, I'd find it too limiting. I completely empathize with the hassle of maintaining a linux desktop. I use Windows for this reason. Servers are another story.