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Like my faith is in my own hands. That's not true with native applications anymore. Your fate of your entire business is in the hands of Apple bureaucrats who every single time you submit an update go –

Like my faith is in my own hands. That's not true with native applications anymore. Your fate of your entire business is in the hands of Apple bureaucrats who every single time you submit an update go –

And you're just like, it's like begging some petty, inconsistent tyrant for the right to grow wheat. And I'm like, are we fucking back in 1506? What the hell is going on here? I don't want to be that kind of peasant. I want to own my own landstead here, right? And the internet allowed that. And I just thought, like, how are we going backwards?

And you're just like, it's like begging some petty, inconsistent tyrant for the right to grow wheat. And I'm like, are we fucking back in 1506? What the hell is going on here? I don't want to be that kind of peasant. I want to own my own landstead here, right? And the internet allowed that. And I just thought, like, how are we going backwards?

How do we go from this glorious age where developers and software businesses who have direct access to their customers, and we got to enjoy that for, what, seven fucking years from the start? Com bust until the iPhone was introduced. And then another Dark Ages was introduced where we basically went back to, oh, no, you can't just distribute software. What are you talking about?

How do we go from this glorious age where developers and software businesses who have direct access to their customers, and we got to enjoy that for, what, seven fucking years from the start? Com bust until the iPhone was introduced. And then another Dark Ages was introduced where we basically went back to, oh, no, you can't just distribute software. What are you talking about?

You need a publisher and that publisher needs to make a deal with the distributor who needs to have a deal with blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, again, no, I don't want to do that. So anyway, very long story too. Now I have all this pressure going on me. It's either not using computers anymore and fucking retiring with the potatoes and the pigs, or it's finding another platform.

You need a publisher and that publisher needs to make a deal with the distributor who needs to have a deal with blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. And it's like, again, no, I don't want to do that. So anyway, very long story too. Now I have all this pressure going on me. It's either not using computers anymore and fucking retiring with the potatoes and the pigs, or it's finding another platform.

And the first step I went was like, oh, let me see what my old arch enemy is up to these days. So I went back to Microsoft with an open eyes and I thought like, do you know what? People change. I mean, It's been 20 years, 25 years actually at that point. Well, 23 years. Let's call it that.

And the first step I went was like, oh, let me see what my old arch enemy is up to these days. So I went back to Microsoft with an open eyes and I thought like, do you know what? People change. I mean, It's been 20 years, 25 years actually at that point. Well, 23 years. Let's call it that.

Since I last ran Windows sort of proper and there's a new boss in town and I hear good things about like what he's doing and I like the investments they've done into VS Code. I like their stewardship of GitHub. I like a lot of things. Like maybe this Microsoft is not the same thing anymore. Yeah. And I showed up and I ran Windows for a couple of weeks and even said, you know what, this is it.

Since I last ran Windows sort of proper and there's a new boss in town and I hear good things about like what he's doing and I like the investments they've done into VS Code. I like their stewardship of GitHub. I like a lot of things. Like maybe this Microsoft is not the same thing anymore. Yeah. And I showed up and I ran Windows for a couple of weeks and even said, you know what, this is it.

I'm switching to Windows. And then I was running Windows on this Framework laptop. And I was like, I guess I could make this work, but it was kind of begrudgingly, right? Like I was like, ah, shit, I still don't really love Windows. I found a new respect for it, I'd say. First, I used to think, you know what, there's no way I can enjoy doing what I do on a Windows machine.

I'm switching to Windows. And then I was running Windows on this Framework laptop. And I was like, I guess I could make this work, but it was kind of begrudgingly, right? Like I was like, ah, shit, I still don't really love Windows. I found a new respect for it, I'd say. First, I used to think, you know what, there's no way I can enjoy doing what I do on a Windows machine.

And that was in the days prior to WSL. Before the Windows subsystem for Linux, the Windows subsystem for Linux, especially WSL2, is really effing good. Like the amount of steps it takes from you to have, I have a Windows machine to I'm running Ubuntu inside of it. And it actually mostly kind of works.

And that was in the days prior to WSL. Before the Windows subsystem for Linux, the Windows subsystem for Linux, especially WSL2, is really effing good. Like the amount of steps it takes from you to have, I have a Windows machine to I'm running Ubuntu inside of it. And it actually mostly kind of works.

There's a little bit of the file system barrier you have to finagle around, but it's actually quite good. That was really a revelation. And I thought, oh, this is why I can make it last. But then I installed Linux on this framework laptop. And the first thing I noticed was, holy shit, it runs faster. Like I just ran my Chrome speedometer 2.1 test and I was like, Jesus, why is it 15% quicker?

There's a little bit of the file system barrier you have to finagle around, but it's actually quite good. That was really a revelation. And I thought, oh, this is why I can make it last. But then I installed Linux on this framework laptop. And the first thing I noticed was, holy shit, it runs faster. Like I just ran my Chrome speedometer 2.1 test and I was like, Jesus, why is it 15% quicker?

Why am I getting 15% more juice out of this CPU that's inside of it? Huh. And then I thought, like, that really is nagging at me. And I thought, like, you know what? Maybe I'll give Linux a try. First, I ran into a bunch of issues. Like, the original Framework 13 screen was of a dimension set where if you ran it at 100%, the font was too small and it didn't look great.

Why am I getting 15% more juice out of this CPU that's inside of it? Huh. And then I thought, like, that really is nagging at me. And I thought, like, you know what? Maybe I'll give Linux a try. First, I ran into a bunch of issues. Like, the original Framework 13 screen was of a dimension set where if you ran it at 100%, the font was too small and it didn't look great.