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 However, at the same time we've grown the development team so now my
 other responsibility of feeding the machine (i.e. writing stories) has
 chipped away at some of the focus gains I've made.
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+* Finally, Emacs
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+:ONE: wfot-default
+:DATE: 2024-10-15
+:CUSTOM_ID: /emacs/
+:END:
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+I've been thinking a lot about [[#/tools-i-love][tooling]] lately. Being a programmer at heart my most important tool is, of course, my editor.
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+I have been promiscuous in my use of editors in the past, ranging from my [[https://www.ultraedit.com/][first love]] back from my heathen days on Windows to my forever home: [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/][Emacs]].
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+I've been using Emacs for a few years at this point, but I don't think I really internalized that this is where I _want_ to stay until just recently.
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+While reading through the OrgMode FAQ one evening, as one does, I found myself looking at a link to a video about Emacs from 2008.
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+"2008!" I thought to myself. WTF was I doing in 2008 wasting my time with Resharper (or some such nonsense, probably).
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+If only I'd been mastering Org Mode to, well, organize my life! How far would I in my Emacs journey by now?
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+I refuse to spend much time on that actual line of thinking, tempting as it is to self-flagellate, I do think it indicates a shift in perspective.
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+I'm in this for the long haul. I'm reminded of advice from [[http://davidvollbracht.com/][smartest person I know]] about editors: (paraphrased, because I wasn't diligent about note taking when he said it!) "Your text editor is a use-it-for-life tool. You should pick one worthy of such an investment in your time."
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+In his view there were only two such editors at the time: Vim and Emacs.
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+He was already well on his way down the Vim road and I spent several years following along.
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+As a result, I found ~Jesus~ modal editing and I [[#/vi-everywhere][haven't looked back]].
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+Anyway, none of this is meant to be rhetorical in any way...more just a description of my own journey.
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+I won't elaborate on my specific usage of Emacs and Org Mode but suffice to say I'm getting a lot of benefit out of both tools lately and I only see more value in them down the road.
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+I know this kind of post is essentially a death knell for a personal blog. I'll see you again in 2028, I guess.