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Standards editor known as Hixie; edited the HTML and WHATWG living standards for many years and worked on Flutter at Google.
6 things
PineSoftware
I use Pine rather than other mail clients primarily because of important features that few other mail clients have: it lets me reply to multiple e-mails all at once, combining the e-mails I'm relying to into one and merging the recipient lists
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
emacsSoftware
Emacs I use mostly because it's what I'm used to, and whenever I need it to do something new, it turns out it can already do it.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
IrssiSoftware
Irssi I use because it's the only IRC client I've come across that supports many networks and channels well while being a text mode client that I can use over SSH.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
Kinesis AdvantageHardware Kinesis
Right now it's a 27" 2010 i7 iMac with 16GB of RAM, 9GB of which is free, to which is attached a Kinesis Advantage keyboard in Dvorak mode, a Drobo, and various other peripherals.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
screenSoftware
Using screen I can arbitrarily reconnect to the remote sessions at my whim.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
DroboHardware Drobo
to which is attached a Kinesis Advantage keyboard in Dvorak mode, a Drobo, and various other peripherals.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
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