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From my experience the only big changes I'd say I made overtime are:
Font size bumped up
Switched to neovim from visual studio, which took like a year to relearn my entire workflow (100% worth it though)
Switched from multiscreen setup to one single big screen (largely due to #2 above no longer needing a second screen, tmux+harpoon+telescope+fzf goes brrrr)
Switched to a standing desk with a treadmill, because I became able to afford a larger living space where I can fit such a setup.
If I were to do this meme though it'd mostly be #1, there just came a day when I had to pop open my settings and ++ the font size a couple times, that's how I knew I was getting old.
You watch Primeagen?
Explain (4) a bit more. Do you type and walk?
Yes! I noticed if it's faster than 2.5mph, I struggle to type.
Slow it's usually pretty low.
Yup, I usually have it set to the slowest setting when typing.
I find I work much better and can think clearer while walking, as it keeps the blood flowing and makes me feel more awake and engaged.
If I have a tough problem I'm trying to work through I turn the speed up to a faster pace and sorta just work through it in my head while speed walking, often this helps a lot!
During meetings when I'm bored I also turn the speed up a bit.
I often get around 10k to 12k steps in a day now.
Note I don't stay on the treadmill all day long, I usually clock a good 4 hours on it though.
Then I take a break and chill on the couch with my work laptop, usually I leave my more "chill" tasks like writing my tests for this part, and throw on some Netflix while I churn all my tests out.
Highly recommend it, I've lost a good 15ish lbs now in the past year since I started doing it, and I just generally feel a lot better, less depressed, less anxious :)
Wow, that's crazy! Great it's working for you
I completely understand walking to free up the mind but somehow that doesn't fit with working at all... Yeah, I can't reconcile it either
Often people are surprised that I can walk and type but honestly I haven't found it impacts my wpm at all.
Switching to Neovim is on my to-do list. What do you recommend as a good way to get up to speed?
Try starting with LazyVim! It has a great selection of plugins pre-set, and it all works out of the box. It's a great way to get started, and then you can add/remove plugins later on. Also, it's keymap-shortcut page is great for the first week or so of learning the commands.
I disagree with this recommendation, the maintainer closed a breaking issue (default syntax highlighting breaks on clean install) saying "workaround exists". That's a red flag ime.
Or kick start has been my fav. Uses lazyvim