What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.

As someone who lived and worked during that era, I don’t remember thinking “holy shit, if this ever gets released on the world at scale we’ll have serious problems”.

Maybe that was a lack of imagination and not thinking through what would actually happen to brick and mortar, the job market and so on. But it feels like this time is different. Or I’m just that much older.

With a sufficient hourly rate people are less likely to have you waste time in meetings.

Or maybe I’ve just been lucky. Prob doesn’t work everywhere.

Once the code is written, review, test and done. And on to more fun things.

Maybe what has made it work is that these tasks have all fit comfortably within existing code patterns.

My next step is to break down bigger & more complex changes into claude friendly bites to save me more grunt work.

It's an idiosyncratic mix of ergonomics and habit probably. I don't really care since I get the job done efficiently (more so than a lot of "Windows natives" I observe).

I like to doodle and draw alongside note-taking and there's no substitute for analog there IMO. Plus, being able to write and not be on a device after a long day at work is a relief.

Lack of search can be an issue. But then I sometimes create indexes to things like book notes or stuff I'm learning and that is a pleasure in itself.

Also pairs well with a fountain pen & ink hobby.

I imagine some people would object to things being taken out or significantly altered. An existing & happy (?) user base probably carry weight.

Night is probably most realistic because of light/noise factors

I was on a backstage tour a few years ago and seeing early 20th century cartoons at original size was such a treat.

The things people say.

Great little machine, still enjoy it for basic hacking and writing once in a while.

Longer average contemporary lifespan in the west has a lot to do with infant/child mortality.

First time it just showed some untraditional looking navigation that I couldn’t get past. This time the content actually displayed.