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What I have found very liberating recently is to try and keep things pretty vanilla. No point fighting against the world - just accept anything that seems weir

What I have found very liberating recently is to try and keep things pretty vanilla. No point fighting against the world - just accept anything that seems weird or odd and doesn’t match up with how you think it should work. Just go with the flow. My computer is just a tool for getting things done - it’s not an expression of my personality.

tra3 3y ago
It’s a tool you use for hours on end though. Optimizing it would compound over years and decades, no? Chefs sharpen their knives, right?
- brudgers 3y ago
  Optimizing it would compound over years and decades, no? Are you still using the same tools and workflow you used in 2003? The LAMP stack? Flash? Java? Front Page? Power PC assembly? Chefs sharpen their knives regularly, not once every five years.
  - tra3 3y ago
    Yeah, still use Linux, vi, Ruby, etc.
thatgerhard 3y ago
100% agree! When I switched form windows to mac I basically decided this, just go with the mac ways from day one and forget what you know about windows.. best decision ever
fatnoah 3y ago
> My computer is just a tool for getting things done - it’s not an expression of my personality. And this is one of the things that makes me a little wistful as I get older. My computers are like my cars. I remember my first ones, the quest for a bargain or the right parts, and each had its own personality. Now, they're all blandly similar and are means to an end. Sure, they're better by all objective measures, but I don't have the time to relentless customize them to my liking and imprint them with my personality.
tambourine_man 3y ago
But it's something I use a lot everyday and that brings me much joy. Any small adjustment can be a substantial quality-of-life improvement. It's hard swimming upstream, but there's a balance. One thing I'm torn about is Apple's passive-aggressive “natural” scroll direction. It annoyed me a great deal that Apple changed that and chose this word, but it's something I could have adapted to and now have to deal with all Macs that aren't my own.

tra3 3y ago

It’s a tool you use for hours on end though. Optimizing it would compound over years and decades, no? Chefs sharpen their knives, right?

brudgers 3y ago
Optimizing it would compound over years and decades, no? Are you still using the same tools and workflow you used in 2003? The LAMP stack? Flash? Java? Front Page? Power PC assembly? Chefs sharpen their knives regularly, not once every five years.
- tra3 3y ago
  Yeah, still use Linux, vi, Ruby, etc.

thatgerhard 3y ago

100% agree! When I switched form windows to mac I basically decided this, just go with the mac ways from day one and forget what you know about windows.. best decision ever

fatnoah 3y ago

> My computer is just a tool for getting things done - it’s not an expression of my personality. And this is one of the things that makes me a little wistful as I get older. My computers are like my cars. I remember my first ones, the quest for a bargain or the right parts, and each had its own personality. Now, they're all blandly similar and are means to an end. Sure, they're better by all objective measures, but I don't have the time to relentless customize them to my liking and imprint them with my personality.

tambourine_man 3y ago

But it's something I use a lot everyday and that brings me much joy. Any small adjustment can be a substantial quality-of-life improvement. It's hard swimming upstream, but there's a balance. One thing I'm torn about is Apple's passive-aggressive “natural” scroll direction. It annoyed me a great deal that Apple changed that and chose this word, but it's something I could have adapted to and now have to deal with all Macs that aren't my own.