Choosing tools you can ignore

The best tool is the one you stop thinking about. My editor config hasn’t changed in two years, and that’s the highest praise I can give it.

There’s a trap in tinkering: the feeling of progress without the substance of it. A new terminal theme feels like work. A new keyboard layout feels like an investment. Mostly they’re neither — they’re a way to avoid the blank page.

So my rule now is boring: pick the default, use it until it actually hurts, and only then look for something better. The pain has to come first. Curiosity alone doesn’t count.