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jdance··on Three Kinds of Good Tech Debt
I take a chance and say it right out: Fix some kind of image library functionality! As a customer who's also used Wordpress (everyone?) its just madness that I have to keep originals on disk somewhere to post it onto another page. I can hardly figure out how to download the full size original to be able to upload it again. I ask you humbly, please, you have the power to improve my life!

If you want me to stay on topic -- this is the worst wasted time debt Squarespace has to me as a customer :) code wise the product is really solid so their philosophy is obviously good!

jdance··on Fork: A fast and friendly Git client for Mac and Windows
What about Sublime Merge? I think its great, and works great for me on Linux
jdance··on Ask HN: What people skills do you wish you learned earlier in your career?
People want to make social stuff work. It doesnt work, its founded on a crazy foundation of playing a role and escaping who we really are. Real passion in PhD like stuff can pierce such roleplay, which is why it is stimulating. There are other things and contexts where this is possible, but in regular society it is rare. Take responsibility for that you have different needs then most people and find these contexts. For me its a couple of close friends, some zen meditation circles, some carefully selected coworkers in my own business, hacker news sometimes. The world really is asleep, mostly :) Nothing wrong with that per se, but yeah its very very boring to converse with, and it has taken me a long time to find a comfortable place in it.
jdance··on Windows gets a new terminal
I find Microsoft also deprioritizing Windows, as mentioned many times here on HN its a mess with settings everywhere and a total mix of different paradigms. Ads? I mean I cant even control when my computer reboots anymore on Windows. I actually use linux as my daily desktop environment for the first time in my life because Windows just feels so split to me. Using ubuntu feels like Windows used to feel, and the native package managers are just amazing compared to something like homebrew. That is my experience now, ymmv and all that
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