Why does the OS need to be purpose/task oriented and not, say, the UI instead. Being able to toggle a mode in your desktop environment / window manager / etc would do a lot
Can’t your OS do that already?
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#42Why isn’t there autosaving? Why go to all this effort to make such a hostile UX?
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Feels like a lot IDEs now call out `TODO:` text; I think VS Code does this for most languages.
They do, I use a custom one that has TODO: so I can find stuff before I rebase, nothing should be pushed with that one, IntelliJ let’s you customise the colour by matching on a regex.
That’s a great use for git hooks, too.
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#44Why does the OS need to be purpose/task oriented and not, say, the UI instead. Being able to toggle a mode in your desktop environment / window manager / etc would do a lot
Probably to help you avoid being distracted given the higher friction of rebooting if your dual booting or going to another device vs just launching another browser tab..
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I apply this to writing as well as coding. To keep the flow, I leave TODO: notes, and later I search for the TODO: and see what needs attention.
Feels like a lot IDEs now call out `TODO:` text; I think VS Code does this for most languages.
Ruff (I'm sure it's not unique) can yell at you for having a TODO without an associated link to a ticket, which I greatly appreciate.
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#46Exactly the kind of OS I needed for my laptop, which has one of the most powerful i7 processors for laptops, a 12GB RTX and 128GB RAM...
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#47Why not just use a regular OS, install everything you need, then kill the internet connection?
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#48* There's definitely a place for well-designed and genuine solutions for these, when most of the tech application and platform space is dominated by design for engagement, sales, and flashiness, with what might be considered pervasive dark patterns.
* The choice of using shell commands for file management, and for getting files onto and off the device, seems like it could increase distraction, or make the device uninviting.
* Many writers -- whether they're bloggers/substack-like, newsletter writers, self-published books-writing, or working with a traditional publisher -- have many other writing and non-writing professional tasks that they might like to do without juggling multiple devices. So they might want a single that is designed for low-distraction, but that can run ordinary GUI apps like Web and email, when needed. The low-distraction design might include modes, in which you can set the device for writing-only mode, and then sometimes enable Web&email research functions, Web&email administrative functions, Web&email social-marketing functions, etc.
(A lot of that last function set, for social-marketing, involves accessing engagement/cesspool-oriented social media directly rather than through automation, if you're engaging genuinely, which is massive distraction, and maybe you just don't want to have possible from this device, and keep it on a phone or tablet instead. But for self-publishers, there are also some professional marketing Web sites that you are more likely to want to access directly from this professional low-distraction device, when in that mode.)
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#49Is this really terminal only? No autosave?
Something GUI with nice enough proportional fonts and autosave seems like a very bare minimum here.
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#50I've created something in a similar fashion. I have a dedicated machine for writing with ArchLinux, nvim+plugins, zk and kiwix. Not much else to it really. I've been thinking about pulling the wireless card out of it, but so far internet discipline hasn't been a huge issue, the main thing is that I know when I'm using that machine it's time to work.