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Migrating from asdf to mise (en place)
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/07/migrating-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
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/07/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
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/06/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”,…
Getting Over Frustratingly New Topics (Swift Concurrency) with a Zettelkasten
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/06/getting-over-frustratingly-new-topics-swift-concurrency-with-zettelkasten/
Published: June 15, 2025 06:17
I’ve been browsing the Swift Forums for something the other day that was related to sendability of NSItemProvider. I found this reply by Holly Borla – the question doesn’t matter much, I promise: Holly Borla (2024-10-14):
How Many Zettelkästen Should You Have?
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/06/how-many-zettelkasten-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…
Emacs Carnival 2025-06: Take Two
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/06/emacs-carnival-2025-06-take-two/
Published: June 4, 2025 18:25
To kickstart the Emacs Carnival, and as a hat tip to our recent inspiration, this month’s topic is borrowed from the June IndieWeb Blog Carnival: the topic is “Take Two”, hosted by Nick Simon:
My Procedure to Create New Zettelkasten Notes Inline
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/03/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
https://christiantietze.de/ploz/entry-points/
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…
No Open Office Hour On May 27th
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/05/no-open-office-this-week/
Published: May 25, 2025 13:06
Just a quick heads up: this week, I’ll have to skip open office hours. We’ll resume next week (on June 3rd / 2025-06-03).
Microsoft Recall and Signal: When You Don't Worry About 3rd But 1st Party Spy Software
https://christiantietze.de/posts/2025/05/microsoft-recall-signal-worry-about-1st-party-spy-software/
Published: May 22, 2025 08:27
Signal on Windows disables screenshot-taking via DRM tools to protect from recording sensitive information via “Recall”: Microsoft Recall takes screenshots of your apps every few seconds as you use your computer and then stores them in an easily searchable…