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Its kinda cool but I have a few problems (not that I don't want them to continue with the project). I personally have problems with this entire everything in t
by Dobbs 18y ago
Its kinda cool but I have a few problems (not that I don't want them to continue with the project).
I personally have problems with this entire everything in the cloud. I like having things under my own control. I like having my own editor be local. I do use ssh so I can edit from other's computers. I also sync my various computers so that I can edit from any of them. I guess part of it is a nostalgic feeling. I just believe somethings are better left local.
My other issue which is just an extension of the first is how they talk about writing a sort function. Yes its cool you can write a sort function but they are reinventing the wheel as he admits. 'Normally I would just use a unix command.' (paraphrase). No longer will all of your computing actions tie together. Learning to do something in Bespin doesn't carry over to other actions on the web. Particularly if its with another company. In unix learning to use vim allows you to not only write code but edit email. Learning wc lets you use it with code, with email, with anything you write.
- jgfoot 18y agoBespin says it lets you self-host, which considerably alleviates "fuck the cloud" concerns. (See http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1717 http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1717 )