Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupid typewriter

Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by jsnhlls on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:32AM (#23272506)

This is cool! In the spirit of "an app can be a home-cooked meal", I wrote something similar in the last few weeks: https://github.com/jasonahills/wemustgoforward

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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by eykd on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:37AM (#23272560)

Parallel invention! Do you want to be Newton or Leibniz?

I'll be honest. Your typewriter has a better enamel finish. :)

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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by jsnhlls on Friday May 22, 2020 @10:44AM (#23272638)

I'll take Leibniz. That said, I think the actual typewriter inventors have both of us beat by a fair amount. :)

How has the "typewriter" changed the way that you draft?

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Re:Show HN: Turn your fancy, expensive computer into a stupi... by eykd on Friday May 22, 2020 @11:01AM (#23272816)

Right now I mainly use it in my morning warm-ups: I'll set a timer for five minutes and get as many words down as I can. It's taken some getting used to, but it's definitely helping me learn to Just Write. I plan to start using it for drafting my WIP soon.

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