Titus von der Malsburg 📖👀💭What are the worst #linux #opensource #freesoftware #libresoftware rabbit holes of all?
My top contenders:
1. Emacs
2. Guix / Nix
I went all in on Emacs which cost or saved me years of my life -- I will never know which. So far I resisted Guix.
John Wilson@tmalsburg lisp
Anything having to do with lisp
@crazybutable OMG of course. Lisp also ticks the box of questionable real-world usefulness ;)
@tmalsburg I had to ban myself from using it. I would fall down a two week rabbit hole and then have nothing to show for it… every time
It’s so intensely fun and interesting to use, and so difficult to convince anyone else of the utility of the code you wrote
It’s basically not great at conveying ideas to other humans. While being incredibly powerful at accomplishing meaningful work on the computer. A dangerous combination