Welcome to the Textsmith’s workshop. While text-processing provides us with the necessary fire to use our tools of the trade, it is here in the workshop that the real work is done.
Books provide us with the wisdom of ages which we regularly share every weekend as precious nuggets.
We discuss the importance of configuration files, maintaining a reproducible computer, backups and programming.
The Textsmith's Workshop
The Joy of Dotfiles: Why Your Computer Should Be Reproducible
Dotfiles make it possible to backup your customizations without necessarily starting all over: find the true joy of working with these powerful files
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The Appeal of Configuration Files: The day I stopped accepting magic from my computer
It was the ini file that started my journey as a textsmith: understanding how these text files, rather than the registry, can change the application behavior made me appreciate the beauty of simple configurations.
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The Textsmith's Secret Advantage: Why Text-Processing Makes Better System Administrators
This post shows that textsmithing is not merely about writing, but about understanding and shaping computer systems.
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