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You Can Choose Tools That Make You Happy

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Re: You Can Choose Tools That Make You Happy

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As years go by, some prefer more friction in their tools: no syntax highlighting, missing drivers, and inconvenient setups. They hope the upside is increased focus, less abstraction, and a return to basics: first principles, bare-metal contrivance, and cheap hardware.

Sometimes the friction is so high, nothing but living gets done. Time passes quickly, and time to first keypress is measured in days.