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Does this block all internet? How can you code well without resort to some googling?

Edit: By this I mean it would be preferable if I can leave some sites up, like SO for instance.

I had to deal with shitty, shitty Internet once. I downloaded the docs ahead of time when I did have a good connection. Then when you're online later, what you still haven't figured out you attack.

It is not really that hard, I think it is just a culture shock for some to not have the Internet nearby. It was for me.

But sometimes completely unanticipated problems come up and you need stackoverflow... I'm not even sure how I did any work pre-internet. I know troubleshooting took me significantly longer back then, but I was also less experienced.

Currently you will have to open a different browser if you want to google something. I'm considering adding a blacklisting/whitelisting option but I was going for minimalism with v1.

I would whitelist the hosts, stackoverflow.com, google.com, and dev* - should cover 90% of productivity related websites :)

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