Zach Leatherman 
I truly believe that the desire to automate your new computer setup is a symptom of trauma
Konnor Rogers@zachleat listen...you brick a laptop *one time*...
@konnorrogers it happens to the best of us
Peter N. M. Hansteen@konnorrogers @zachleat ITYM "you brick laptops one at a time"
which leads to you going for autoinstall(8) whenever possible, including the magic to restore ~ from backups and pull in all the packages you need.
Craig Brozefsky@zachleat for sure, years of trauma, and feeling like you are building on quicksand, even more so for those who do systems administration of dozens of hosts.
Charlie O’Hara@zachleat devs in companies that given a new laptop every year are patient zero for this.
@awfulwoman whew, my brain is thinking about widespread layoffs but *yes*
@zachleat haha I obviously interpret trauma in a very different way.
Large Heydon Collider@awfulwoman @zachleat you're both right
Thomas Steiner 
@zachleat I tried Migration Assistant for the first time recently when I upgraded my work horse from M1 to M4 and it was like swapping the harddisk and continuing working. Honestly a fantastic job, Apple! 👏
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