20 Jul
2025
20 Jul
'25
12:24 p.m.
Larry McVoy <lm(a)mcvoy.com> writes:
I wasn't trying to tell Will he can't use whatever editor he wants, I was
trying to tell Will I wouldn't tolerate this much back and forth about his
personal preferences distracting us from shipping product. My team had
emacs people and vi people, nobody cared so long as you got your job done.
What we didn't have is editor arguments clogging up our thinking.
To jump in here before everyone poo poos this thread too much. I agree with this sentiment
when it's time to get work done.
That said, I've enjoyed this thread b/c I like getting other peoples perspectives,
especially from folks that I think have some clue. Sometimes I learn something new or a
new perspective and I end up adapting new tools or practices b/c of it -- even now that my
beard/hair is grey.
I find these are actually fun conversations to have occasionally -- maybe in a cafe/bar or
even on a mailing list. Maybe not everyday or all the time, but sometimes. :)
FWIW for coding/email/organizing/scheduling I now use some franken-setup project called
"spacemacs" which is emacs, but the UI of vi, launching much faster, that uses a
meta-configuration that makes it simple to enable all those features (and yes I still
write lisp when needed but that's almost never to get what I want anymore).
For quick editing I still just type `vi` and use ^Z, even though I also use tmux and long
running disconnected remote sessions.
Thanks,
Chris.