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Re:ThinkPad X220 MacOS High Sierra Installation by kosinus on Saturday August 04, 2018 @06:25AM (#17686262)
Dotfiles are like code, and need to be maintained. Some upgrade will break your custom configuration, and then you have to dive into docs again.

I try to make few customizations to the default macOS install, and just roll with the changes coming from Apple. I do have some dotfiles, containing mostly just SSH and ViM configs. But I've already had to fight ViM several times because of it.

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Re:ThinkPad X220 MacOS High Sierra Installation by vinceguidry on Saturday August 04, 2018 @09:54AM (#17686852)
Maintenance is amortizable as well. Every time you have to do a deep dive to find out what's wrong, you learn a little more about the state of the art of that particular part of the world. Then you can make a change that is more robust.
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