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For a few months now, I've had these words on my about page:

My goal for this year is to fully embrace discomfort

Today I want to talk about my journey with this.

I've never put together my thoughts about t-shirts until this afternoon, after reading this post by EAPL.

There's a quote I saw somewhere on the internet around 2012 and I used to repeat to myself whenever I was preparing to give a talk at a university.

I can't remember who said it, or even the exact wording. I've searched for it more times that I care to admit, but it either disappeared from the internet, or my Google-fu (is that an anachronism already?) is rusty.

This post is part of a series about my invisible tools: the hardware and software I use so much that I don't have to think about using them.

During 2024 and 2025, I traveled a lot, and I decided to work only on my laptop, with no peripherals, whether I was at home or on the go. I wanted my setup to stay the same so there wasn't any warm-up time when switching.

This is the first post in a series about my invisible tools: the hardware and software I use so much that I don't have to think about using them.

I'm starting with one of the simplest: keyboard shortcuts.

Having your tools become second-nature has more effect on your productivity than getting the right tools. Once they reach that status I like to call them "invisible tools".

I've found the best way of having a tool become invisible is a combination of:

People posting AI slop to the internet is annoying, but not as much as people complaining non-stop about AI.

I get it, AI companies are shitty, and their reach is menacing. Anyone that knows how technology influence legislation and society can easily understand that. I'm worried about it too.

This past weekend I took a hiking trip to the mountains in the neighboring state of Chihuahua. Beautiful forest scenery, streams, rivers with actual flowing water, and no internet signal. Not a single bar.

I stopped writing for a while, since my road trip to Arizona last month, and my mind has been wandering too much. I feel like I can't anchor my thinking in a single thing at any given time.

I saw Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie two nights ago, and it blew my mind.