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Migrating from asdf to mise (en place)

Published: July 8, 2025 08:17

I’ve been using asdf to manage my Ruby, node, and Python environments for a couple of years. I migrated to asdf from rbenv, and it kind of worked, but some shims never did their job, so I was a bit confused, but not soooo unhappy that I would actually…

Emacs on Second Try

Published: July 2, 2025 07:04

In 2018, Sascha Fast of zettelkasten.de was on a minimalist task management journey and dug into Emacs org-mode, and pressured me for days (we were sharing an apartment back then) to give it a shot, because it surely would be my jam. While I knew Emacs…

Simplify on the Second Take

Published: June 30, 2025 08:26

Programmers know the cliché that you need to write a solution twice. Once to make it work, then one more time to make it good. In your first attempt, you will find out more about the problem. You’ll uncover (some) “known unknowns”, and “unknown unknowns”,…

How Many Zettelkästen Should You Have?

Published: June 9, 2025 05:09

Sorry in advance for feeling smug today :) The Zettelkasten is a personal productivity tool, and you should have as many as you have persons. That is now my favorite short-form reply to whether you should maintain multiple note archives or Zettelkasten…

My Procedure to Create New Zettelkasten Notes Inline

Published: June 3, 2025 12:19

I’ve been writing about “Entry Points” in a Zettelkasten in March and April. Entry points are designated notes that make plunging into a topic simple. Before the section was fleshed-out, it was in a weirdly ad-hoc state I want to present to you here: it…

Entry Points in a Zettelkasten Help Navigate Departments and Topics

Published: June 3, 2025 11:47

This is draft from my upcoming Pattern Language of Zettelkasten. Your network’s complexity is growing. You have a good time traversing notes for things you’re currently working on, but your mental map of what is in your Zettelkasten in other places, and…