Business Success with Open Source

Authorial Coping Mechanisms

I started writing this book using VS Code on Ubuntu Linux. Then I realized that fighting with my tools was distracting me from actually writing words, and the rest of the book was written using VS Code on an M1 Mac Mini. Overkill for a pile of Markdown files? Maybe, but at least I knew my music and Bluetooth would work.

Speaking of music, my Work - Chill Only music playlist ought to be listed as coauthor. It was there for every page of this book, though it evolved over time (as all good things should). It picked up some Toumani Diabate, a little Pentiment soundtrack, some Andrey Vinogradov, and several other good albums along the way. I tested whether a person can become tired of the works of Jessica Curry^[1] and have ...