Sort of, in a way. I think of myself as a neo-luddite. * I am pretty wary and unexcited about new products, gadgets, things from startups that are unlikely to

Sort of, in a way. I think of myself as a neo-luddite. * I am pretty wary and unexcited about new products, gadgets, things from startups that are unlikely to survive very long. The Lindy effect is real, and powerful. I like "boring technology", and things that will be stable and around in 2 years, 5 years, etc. * I think dedicated, single-purpose apps, products, services, and cloud / saas things are are pretty stupid. I like text files, shell scripts, spreadsheets, and markdown. If it has to be more complicated than that, then maybe json, xml, etc., but something generic and "flat file". * I don't like configuring or customizing things. I prefer the default, out of the box configuration, because that's what I'll get if I reinstall, get another one, have multiple devices, etc. If something has a dumb configuration by default, but can be configured/customized to be wonderful using non-default settings, then as far as I'm concerned it's broken, the out of the box configuration is the only one that counts. * Things like "smart" houses / devices that need wifi, an app, phone home, and depend on continuous internet connectivity are moronic. * The more the internet slides into a hellscape of ads, algorithms, and AI slop, the more I like offline things. The corkboard at the supermarket is a great way to discover products and services. Phone calls answered by humans are pretty good. Walking up to a tradesperson parked at a jobsite and talking to them to see if they can do your job is pretty great. * I'd rather use checks than venmo or zelle.