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7 months ago There are two aspects to follow up on for this. The first is how to follow up with blog content from this. For comparison, services like evernote and wordpress make it really easy to log in and make a new post. Since I've moved away to a self-created model, I need to make use of a different editor
It seems like drafting things out in an issue is the easiest way to start. That allows me to get 80% of the way there without having to make any changes. From here the next steps would be to add screenshots and create a thumbnail. From there we can probably use some online git editor to copy and paste the files over to be bundled into a blog post.
A lot of Kion does stupid things is me trying to be a dad while still trying to get things done. This means that I do "stupid things" like trying to get work done on phones or using fold up keyboards to try and get small amounts of productivity done here and there. I'm guessing my strategies aren't effective as it's been several years since I last filmed an episode. And I'm realizing that the reason that it's easy to do something with a small burst of inspiration, but you generally need some kind of production pipeline to keep things going.
By it's nature, "doing stupid things" is me not having a dedicated method of productivity that I know works and being able to lean into that while I look into alternatives to see if they end up going into my pipeline. Similar to the way the youtube channel "work from hype" is able to product videos as he examines other tools that will update and improve his workflow. But he has a current workflow as a frame of reference. And right now that's more than can be said for me. The silver lining is that even as I'm doing stupid things I'm finding tools to slowly make progress on things without regressing on them too far. Using linear.app seems to help, using github issues helps. Having a bunch of small dedicated devices helps.
You know what doesn't help? Samsung Dex.
This was going to be my next episode when I dropped off the map on my last episode. To see if Samsung DEX could help me be productive, to have a phone with stuff on it. And then be able to plug the phone in. Could the hybrid phone/desktop approach help at all? And the answer is a quick no. Even on DEX all of the UI is still for android. So it's a worse experience that being on a web app. If you're on Github with a browser, your experience will scale with the size of your monitor. On DEX it doesn't magically give the github app the ability to scale to a tablet view because that's not in the app. It stays as a mobile view.
Which means that even though you get the benefit of a bigger screen, there's not much you can actually do in terms of development. if you were able to connect to a monitor and have a full linux desktop, my feelings might be a little different. But even then the logistics don't quite match up. Because in terms of development, files are pretty small for me. So I can git push, git pull and have everything i was working on in another device. Or even use Github code spaces.
The assumption would be that I have a cell phone, and I have files on that cell phone that I would want to interact with, and that just isn't the case. Effectively having a mini-pc that's connected to a monitor with Linux and changing devices is going to be a much better experience. To conclude the "stupid things". I tried both the Galaxy S9, and the Galaxy Note 20 and I never took advantage of Dex on either of them. I'm also not a fan of the sloped screen around the edges.
I think it comes down to a phone has a few specific functions for me. Communication in terms of being to check email, make phone calls. Being able to look up information on the web. Getting around with maps. Keeping track of time with a clock and calendar. And a "wallet" for things like authenticator. I haven't been able to get a phone to do anything productive.