I’m a Luddite (and So Can You!) | The Nib
What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.
SuperGeekery: A blog probably of interest only to nerds by John F Morton.
Welcome to my link library. These are not links to content I have created unless you see that mentioned in the link’s description. These are links I found interesting enough to want to keep track of. If you read Craft Link List, the Craft CMS newsletter I used to write, this page is a replacement of sorts for that exercise. Enough talk. Let’s hit the links.
What the Luddites can teach us about resisting an automated future.
After using Warp for over a couple of months (and collecting feedback from colleagues already using… Tagged with terminal, ai, productivity.
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In short: ssh-add --apple-use-keychain ~/.ssh/id_rsa
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GitHub Codespaces enables you to start coding faster when coupled with dev containers. Learn how to automate a portion of your development environment by adding a dev container to an open source project using GitHub Codespaces.
If a single programmer builds something, it can be hard for others to maintain later.
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Digital theorist Cal Newport is arguing for a new way to work. I like his idea of slow productivity: “What I’ve identified is three principles: doing fewer things, working at a natural pace, but obsessing over quality. That trio of properties better hits the sweet spot of how we’re actually wired and produces valuable meaningful work, but it’s sustainable.”