I'm not trying to imply it feels like a weirdly shaped mountain bike. I'm saying it does its particular job very well. The seating position and narrow handlebars definitely preclude it doing anything other than getting you from the train station to work on urban streets.

I have a real bicycle, too for, well, actually riding a bicycle.

Issues and CI are the only lock-in. The latter is legitimate because you're using someone else's CPU, but every developer has the tooling to "git diff" and write comments if we could just agree on a format.

It's definitely weird to ride -- I would ride it on a commute of more than a few miles. It's less stable than a real bike, but not completely unstable. e.g. I can fall of curbs but can't jump up them.

Most body parts are specialty, not the brakes system, I believe.

It meets its design goals very well: - Internal brake cables and quick release mean it folds very fast and doesn't get tangled up. - It can be rolled around when folded so you don't have to lug it. - It stands tall and thin so only takes the space of a small standing passenger on transit.

I have to agree with other threads that I don't believe most of his conjectures, but they're great for stimulating thought.

"this page was generated using ksh, sed and awk"

It really made me appreciate that, when I have to have my phone, notifications are like an extra obnoxious form of e-mail with all of its problems. [Buzzkill] gives me the phone equivalent of Inbox Zero.

[Buzzkill]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston....

I wasn't told by the installer to watch out or have apt choke or anything.

Why is the server version so supposedly demanding if you can install it without X/Wayland? Or can't you?

I've been trying to re-find it for ages.

Don't keep all your eggs in one basket.