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Omar Rizwan @omar

the impoverished computer versions/metaphors of things

> i think people forget sometimes with git that version control also means you have multiple directories open with the same repo on different branches
> like having multiple windows open

it reminds me of the problem with ebook reading as opposed to physical book reading -- they can implement a 'bookmark feature' that theoretically does the job but it doesn't have even close to the level of speed and concurrency …

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Omar Rizwan @omar

I feel like I've developed all these micro-tactics for making and finding software that meets this standard https://hachyderm.io/@dubroy/111658490778296619 like
- stuff that's written in C and uses a Makefile tends to work like this
- "single-file libraries"
- stuff that is 20+ years old and hasn't been updated but has elaborate API documentation/header comments