Notifications are the ultimate example of neediness: a program, a mechanical, lifeless thing, an unanimate object, is bothering its master about something the master didn’t ask for. Hey, who is more important here, a human or a machine?
Funny piece by Niki, reporting how the 2010+ software is needy, shown by subscriptions, notifications, what’s new panels, accounts. I wonder how much of this is because of the Facebook-inspired all-in VC-backed software. You need to collect statistics and pay server costs, even if your app could work perfectly offline.
VSCode started as an interesting alternative to IDEs. Now I can no longer use it in my classroom: notifications, status bars, sidebars, copilot all get in the way of showing (and navigating) code. I really want to go back to Textmate, but it lacks LSP support. Zed is the new kid in the block, but the collaborative aspect of it kinda of ruins it for me. I want a native editor that you pay once, and don’t get distracted by it. If I want to use AI, I want a second editor for that (Cursor 2.0 is moving in that direction, but still not there for me)