The author argues that tools aren’t just passive instruments but active participants in shaping how we think, work, and create. Whether it’s a minimalist text editor or a robust design app, the tools we use guide our behaviors and the way we approach problems.

As someone who experiments with tools, I definitely agree with him, and that’s why preventing the “shiny new tool syndrome” is critical.

When virus meets art, and especially street art

Easily test Linux distributions without installing anything.

For Android users who want to switch to Open source alternatives to stock apps, Fossify has a great set of apps.

I started using this excellent tool by Sindre Sorhus to improve the overall Mac experience, with several small improvements super easy to enable!

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"Software that’s speedy usually means it’s focused. Like a good tool, it often means that it’s simple, but that’s not necessarily true."

"To me, speedy software is the difference between an application smoothly integrating into your life, and one called upon with great reluctance."

"Fast software is not always good software, but slow software is rarely able to rise to greatness."

Privacy Guides is a useful non-profit website to find privacy tools and learn about protecting your digital life.

My friend Marius made me discover the writing of Ploum and I spent a day reading everything he wrote on this blog. Lots of interesting topics written about!

With this article, we focus on the simplicity that is sometimes missing, the trend of overengineering products even if it becomes detrimental. I would add another article to the list, the file-over-app philosophy by Steph Ango from Obsidian. It is more complex than just going for the simplest tools, it’s about listing your needs and focusing on the tool that answers them.

Let me introduce you to WordStar 4.0, a popular word processor from the early 80s.
WordStar 4.0
As old as it seems, George R.R. Martin used it to write “A Song of Ice and Fire”.
Why would someone use such an old piece of software to write over 5,000 pages? I love how he puts it:
It does everything I want a word processing program to do and it doesn't do anything else.