How I'm still not using GUIs in 2019

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1. HOW I AM STILL
   NOT USING GUIS
   IN 2019
   A THOUSAND WORDS
   THEWIZARDLUCAS
   LUCASFCOSTA.COM
   

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2. HOW I AM STILL
   NOT USING GUIS
   A THOUSAND WORDS
   

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3. WHY
   

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4. HOW
   

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5. why? how?
   

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6. oh my god why
   

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7. oh my god why
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8. WHY
   

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12. H A C K E R N E W S O ' C L O C K
    

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20. H O T T A K E A L E R T
    

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21. G U I S 

    A R E 

    B L O A T W A R E
    

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22. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft programs have
    intimate — one might say promiscuous — knowledge of each
    others’ internals. In Unix, one tries to design programs to
    operate not specifically with each other, but with programs
    as yet unthought of.
    — Doug McIlroy
    

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23. Write programs to handle
    text streams, because that
    is a universal interface.
    — Doug McIlroy
    

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24. Write programs that do one thing and do it well.
    — Peter H. Saulus
    

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25. Write programs to work together.
    — Peter H. Saulus
    

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26. M O R E C L I S 

    L E S S S O F T W A R E
    

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27. M O R E C L I S 

    L E S S S O F T W A R E
    L E S S T I M E F I X I N G I T
    

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28. M O R E C L I S 

    L E S S S O F T W A R E
    L E S S T I M E F I X I N G I T
    L E S S T I M E D E B U G G I N G I T
    

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29. M O R E C L I S 

    L E S S S O F T W A R E
    L E S S T I M E F I X I N G I T
    L E S S T I M E D E B U G G I N G I T
    L E S S T I M E T H I N K I N G A B O U T I T
    

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30. M O R E C L I S 

    L E S S S O F T W A R E
    L E S S T I M E F I X I N G I T
    L E S S T I M E D E B U G G I N G I T
    L E S S T I M E T H I N K I N G A B O U T I T
    

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31. The only thing better than "less software" is no software at all.
    

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32. L I M I T I N G
    GUIs
    

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33. N O T S C A L A B L E
    L I M I T I N G
    GUIs
    

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34. H A R D T O I N T E G R AT E
    L I M I T I N G N O T S C A L A B L E
    GUIs
    

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35. H A R D T O I N T E G R AT E
    L I M I T I N G
    H A R D T O A U T O M AT E 

    N O T P O R TA B L E
    N O T S C A L A B L E
    GUIs
    

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36. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    

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37. USE A GUI
    

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38. USE A GUI

    WHEN YOU

    NEED A GUI
    

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39. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    

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40. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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41. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    N O N - R E P E T I T I V E
    TA S K S
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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42. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    N O N - R E P E T I T I V E
    TA S K S
    M U LT I M E D I A
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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43. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    N O N - R E P E T I T I V E
    TA S K S
    M U LT I M E D I A
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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44. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    N O N - R E P E T I T I V E
    TA S K S
    M U LT I M E D I A
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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45. GUIS ARE FRIENDS, NOT FOOD
    N O N - R E P E T I T I V E
    TA S K S
    M U LT I M E D I A
    D I S C O V E R A B I L I T Y
    

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46. G U I S 

    A R E 

    B L O A T W A R E
    

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47. G U I S 

    A R E 

    B L O A T W A R E
    F O R W H AT W E D O
    

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48. The symbols we share
    And how we share them
    

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49. Technology
    Communication
    

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50. “As soon as we start putting our
    thoughts into words and
    sentences everything gets
    distorted, language is just no
    good—I use it because I have to,
    but I don’t put any trust in it. We
    never understand each other.”
    Marcel Duchamp
    

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51. Speaking
    the same
    language
    SH AR E D A B ST R AC TI O NS
    MORE PRECI SE VO CABULARY
    L E S S M A G I C
    

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52. HOW
    

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53. THE TOOLS
    zsh %
    

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54. zsh %
    + oh-my-zsh
    

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55. WHAT IS A SHELL?
    

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56. WHAT IS A SHELL?
    

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58. In computing, a shell is a user
    interface for access to an
    operating system's services.
    (Yes, Wikipedia)
    

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59. W
    AIT, WHAT?
    THE TERMINAL
    THE TERMINAL
    EMULATO R
    THE SHELL
    zsh %
    Autopilot [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
    

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60. W
    AIT, WHAT?
    Terminal emulators are software simulations of “real” terminals.
    

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61. W
    AIT, WHAT?
    Terminal emulators are software simulations of “real” terminals.
    The TTY driver is responsible for handling the data to and from programs.
    

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63. WHY?
    $ /bin/sh
    

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64. WHY?
    $ /bin/sh
    Feel the difference.
    

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65. WHY?
    

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66. oh-my-zsh
    Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.
    

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67. tmux
    terminal multiplexer
    + tpm
    

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69. How tmux works
    S E R V E R
    1
    S T O R E S Y O U R 

    S E S S I O N S
    

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70. S E S S I O N
    S E R V E R
    1 2
    S T O R E S Y O U R 

    S E S S I O N S
    W H I C H Y O U C A N 

    A T T A C H T O O R
    D E T A C H F R O M
    How tmux works
    

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71. S E S S I O N PA N E ( TA B )
    S E R V E R
    1 2 3
    S T O R E S Y O U R 

    S E S S I O N S
    W H I C H Y O U C A N 

    A T T A C H T O O R
    D E T A C H F R O M
    W H I C H I S A T A B 

    T H A T C O N T A I N S 

    A S E T O F W I N D O W S
    How tmux works
    

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72. W I N D O W
    4
    How tmux works
    S E S S I O N PA N E ( TA B )
    S E R V E R
    1 2 3
    S T O R E S Y O U R 

    S E S S I O N S
    W H I C H Y O U C A N 

    A T T A C H T O O R
    D E T A C H F R O M
    W H I C H I S A T A B 

    T H A T C O N T A I N S 

    A S E T O F W I N D O W S
    W H I C H C O N T A I N T H E 

    A C T U A L I N S T A N C E S 

    O F T H E S H E L L
    

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73. TMUX PLUGINS
    

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74. vim
    (actually, nvim)
    

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75. VIM My text editor of choice.

    

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76. VIM My text editor of choice.

    Vim is harder because it's different.
    

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77. VIM My text editor of choice.

    Vim is harder because it's different.
    Vim is better because it's different.
    

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78. NVIM A continuation and extension of vim.
    Better support for async tasks.
    Better scripting alternatives (LUA)
    

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79. WHY IT MATTERS
    It's not about writing code faster.
    

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80. WHY IT MATTERS
    It's not about writing code faster.
    It's about writing thoughts faster.
    

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81. WHY IT MATTERS
    It's not about writing code faster.
    It's about writing thoughts faster.
    It's about reducing drudgery.
    

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82. WHY IT MATTERS
    It's not about writing code faster.
    It's about writing thoughts faster.
    It's about reducing drudgery.
    It's about ergonomics.
    

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83. HOW TO

    BECOME

    A PRO
    T H E C R A S H
    C O U R S E
    v i m t u t o r
    

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84. HOW TO

    BECOME

    A PRO
    T H E C R A S H
    C O U R S E
    v i m t u t o r
    D o t h i n g s t h e V I M w a y
    

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85. HOW TO

    BECOME

    A PRO
    T H E C R A S H
    C O U R S E
    v i m t u t o r
    G o v a n i l l a
    D o t h i n g s t h e V I M w a y
    

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86. HOW TO

    BECOME

    A PRO
    T H E C R A S H
    C O U R S E
    v i m t u t o r
    G o v a n i l l a
    D o t h i n g s t h e V I M w a y
    " I s t h e r e a b e t t e r w a y t o d o t h i s ? "
    

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87. HOW TO

    BECOME

    A PRO
    T H E C R A S H
    C O U R S E
    v i m t u t o r
    R e s i s t t h e u r g e t o q u i t
    G o v a n i l l a
    D o t h i n g s t h e V I M w a y
    " I s t h e r e a b e t t e r w a y t o d o t h i s ? "
    

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88. How do I quit?
    

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89. :q
    

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90. :q!
    

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91. VIM PLUGINS
    N E R D T R E E
    F Z F
    E M M E T
    A L E
    N E O M A K E
    L A N G U A G E S P E C I F I C 

    P L U G I N S
    

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92. General Tips
    & References
    

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93. A FEW EXTRA TIPS
    D O T F I L E S
    D O M O R E U S I N G L E S S
    O N E T R I C K AT A T I M E
    A U T O M AT E E V E R Y T H I N G
    D O - N O T H I N G S C R I P T S
    L E A R N T H E
    F U N D A M E N TA L S
    

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94. THE TOOLBELT
    S T R E A M S
    S E D
    A G
    A W K
    C U R L
    J Q
    M A K E
    C R O N
    V I M I U M
    M A N
    

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95. https://github.com/lucasfcosta/dotfiles
    

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96. HOW I AM STILL
    NOT USING GUIS
    A THOUSAND WORDS
    

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97. HOW I AM STILL
    NOT USING GUIS
    A THOUSAND WORDS
    

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98. A THOUSAND WORDS
    https://sanctum.geek.nz/arabesque/
    

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99. Thank you.
    @THEWIZARDLUCAS (TWITTER)
    @LUCASFCOSTA (GITHUB)
    LUCASFCOSTA.COM
    

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100. Thank you.
     @THEWIZARDLUCAS (TWITTER)
     @LUCASFCOSTA (GITHUB)
     LUCASFCOSTA.COM
     

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101. Thank you.
     @THEWIZARDLUCAS (TWITTER)
     @LUCASFCOSTA (GITHUB)
     LUCASFCOSTA.COM
     

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102. Thank you.
     @THEWIZARDLUCAS (TWITTER)
     @LUCASFCOSTA (GITHUB)
     LUCASFCOSTA.COM
     

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