Writing at the Speed of Thought

Опубликовано: 05 Июль 2026
на канале: No Boilerplate
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Over the years of tweaking my writing environment, I have noticed a subtle change: Every improvement to my writing systems improves my ability to think and reason about my work and my life.

Looking into the psychology, it's actually quite simple: Writing is thinking.

CORRECTIONS
5:48 It's actually called "Normal Mode", not "Command Mode". Really, I should have just said "Vim Mode".

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