Jerod

I called it the root of all yak shaving. Root of all yak shaving. That sounded cool. That does sound cool. I mean, it is a yak shave. And yak shaving is unnecessary by definition. Well, it depends on... how you think about it. Sometimes a yak shave is a necessary series of events in order to do what you originally wanted to do.

I called it the root of all yak shaving. Root of all yak shaving. That sounded cool. That does sound cool. I mean, it is a yak shave. And yak shaving is unnecessary by definition. Well, it depends on... how you think about it. Sometimes a yak shave is a necessary series of events in order to do what you originally wanted to do.

But other times you're just out here shaving yaks, you know, and you're not actually doing the main thing. That's more, I'm using it that way. Yeah. I do think it's a fool's errand. And I think that it's, if you like compute as part of your joy of your life and like, this is your identity and stuff, like have at it, have fun.

But other times you're just out here shaving yaks, you know, and you're not actually doing the main thing. That's more, I'm using it that way. Yeah. I do think it's a fool's errand. And I think that it's, if you like compute as part of your joy of your life and like, this is your identity and stuff, like have at it, have fun.

But if you think that it's not, the problem is that when you, when a lot of us see that person who happens to be also a great software developer, And then we idolize their setup. And we think like, if I could just customize mine to be like primogens or whoever it is, like whoever it is that you're idolizing, then I could also be a great software developer, like that person.

But if you think that it's not, the problem is that when you, when a lot of us see that person who happens to be also a great software developer, And then we idolize their setup. And we think like, if I could just customize mine to be like primogens or whoever it is, like whoever it is that you're idolizing, then I could also be a great software developer, like that person.

And it's like, no, dude, you're just going to waste all your time customizing your machine. And you're not actually getting better at the craft. You're just like tinkering around the edges of the craft, which I used to do as well. And so I've just set those things aside. And I think that we all would do well to set those things aside.

And it's like, no, dude, you're just going to waste all your time customizing your machine. And you're not actually getting better at the craft. You're just like tinkering around the edges of the craft, which I used to do as well. And so I've just set those things aside. And I think that we all would do well to set those things aside.

In moderation, like you said, I think you can get 80% of the way there with 20% of the effort. I customize some stuff. You know, I got my new terminal last year and my new text editor, and I've customized a few things on both of those just to make myself a little bit happier. Nothing wrong with that. You got to get a blanket and a pillow.

In moderation, like you said, I think you can get 80% of the way there with 20% of the effort. I customize some stuff. You know, I got my new terminal last year and my new text editor, and I've customized a few things on both of those just to make myself a little bit happier. Nothing wrong with that. You got to get a blanket and a pillow.

But I'm not out there reading every config I can set on Ghosty in order to just like make it look like the sickest it could possibly look, for instance.

But I'm not out there reading every config I can set on Ghosty in order to just like make it look like the sickest it could possibly look, for instance.

Do you remember Amy Hoy?

Do you remember Amy Hoy?

Of course. I'm blushing over here. Yeah, of course. That was funny. So... long time creator out of the ruby community startup person i don't know talented individual she puts out a lot of micro sites a lot of interesting visualizations and i think one of the sites that she built that i still use is like everytimezone.com etc

Of course. I'm blushing over here. Yeah, of course. That was funny. So... long time creator out of the ruby community startup person i don't know talented individual she puts out a lot of micro sites a lot of interesting visualizations and i think one of the sites that she built that i still use is like everytimezone.com etc

And she's always had a great design eye and the ability to bring her design eye to fruition. And I remember her complaining, this was years ago, because every time that she would create something, usually she was creating back then, I think, a lot of cheat sheets for different tools. And they're just very well done, like a Git cheat sheet and whatever, Rails cheat sheet. And they're just nice.

And she's always had a great design eye and the ability to bring her design eye to fruition. And I remember her complaining, this was years ago, because every time that she would create something, usually she was creating back then, I think, a lot of cheat sheets for different tools. And they're just very well done, like a Git cheat sheet and whatever, Rails cheat sheet. And they're just nice.

And she says, every time I put something out there into the world that I've created for people, all these people in the comments asked me like what tool I used to create this, which is kind of the same thing as like, what's your text editor config? Like what? And they're missing the entire point of like, how did I go about thinking through what a good design for a cheat sheet would be?

And she says, every time I put something out there into the world that I've created for people, all these people in the comments asked me like what tool I used to create this, which is kind of the same thing as like, what's your text editor config? Like what? And they're missing the entire point of like, how did I go about thinking through what a good design for a cheat sheet would be?