Activity Log
hackers.town: 2025-02-21 Fri 08:14
Very nearly getting my org-roam in Emacs Doom config in a genuinely useful state for my workflow.
Brain goes “hey, some of the issues you’re coming across are specific to Doom. Maybe you should try another config base.”
but
“oh and maybe denote.el instead of org-roam”
Emacs is h*ckin’ dangerous for ADHD brain.
hackers.town: 2025-02-21 Fri 16:01
I know it’s unkind to highlight how much things suck for today’s twenty-somethings and how much it’s aged them, but the Gen Z youngest who’s caught multiple rounds of COVID is basically sick all the time, and her fiancée moves like my grandpa—because he literally broke his back at one point.
Feel like I won some crappy lottery. I’m wrinklier and always kinda tired, but otherwise way more robust at 50-something than our youths.
That’s unfair of me. The fiancée moves way quicker than my grandfather. Grandpa’s been dead 30 years.
hackers.town: 2025-02-21 Fri 21:38
Well I spent all day, and I finally got denote with the journaling and the note linking and the backlinks.
Denote.el is a cleaner workflow, that’s for sure. More deliberate.
Not a comfortable fit for someone like me, who relies heavily on organic growth, serendipitous discovery of things I already knew, and the occasional machete for refactoring / weeding.
But dang it’s great for someone out there who’s more intentional with their notes in Emacs.
https://protesilaos.com/emacs/denote