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because the fundamental ethos of homebrew and a lot of “modern” tools is to prioritize the conservation of attention. Aka “don’t make me think“ which, ironically, appears to often be adopted, not only on behalf of users, but at a meta level, so things which might well deserve prompts are simply pre-configured.

some charity is due here, because this is the culture, and also because for any software tool of sufficient complexity, there is always more to think about than attention to give. But the culture could use more improvement and reflection here.


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