I can relate to DHH trying to drop the Stockholm syndrome. Apple machines are a very mixed bag. But they’re still the best desktop experience I can find. I’m now pairing my iMac and iPad with a Linux dev server and get both best worlds (i.e. desktop pleasure and open source power).

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I haven’t written any weeknotes lately, so let’s catch up with things.

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At the end of last week, I was feeling pretty exhausted. That’s why I’m publishing this weeknote late on the following Monday. I have to have high expectations of myself, otherwise I’ll easily fall into slacking off and looking at keyboard porn all day. But I have to stop put too much pressure on myself. That’s the best recipe for burnout because I’m setting myself up for frustration despite of all the stuff I actually get done.

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1984 is just a bit late.

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Weeknotes could be an easy way to get back into writing more regularly. Friday will now be weeknote day.

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In my recent talk about monorepo, I mentioned as a downside of the all-in-one approach that the sheer volume of code can be intimidating. This article has some tips for getting started: “Don’t let that huge codebase scare you! Tips and tools to make sense of other people’s code”

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(Updated 2022-05-11)

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Video games good for building focus create environments that are fast-paced, interactive, adaptive and have complex reward and gaming structures. Like a brain playground.

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I’m amazed, especially by the amount of things you can do with Wolfram Notebooks.

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I am so stealing this clever workflow using the Shortcuts and Working Copy apps.

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