Today in
#FreeSoftwareAdvent, I realized how much my daily setup changed over the years.
I removed my external monitor and keyboard.
Not to be minimalist, but to reduce context switching.
I kept the mouse because speed still matters.
Working sometimes from my parents house made it clear that relying on an external monitor was fragile, so I forced myself to work only with the laptop.
The same thing happened with software.
Vim slowly became nvi.
Alacritty became xterm, then st.
I didn’t look for lighter tools, but for ones I could trust and reason about. Less abstraction, fewer surprises.
Today I use two identical laptops -- one for work, one personal -- same setup, side by side, one mouse for each.
The environment disappears, and the work stays.
#suckless #st #nvi #xterm
