Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better
by stephen_cagle on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @12:52AM
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That's an interesting idea. Did you write a script to identify commands that you use repeatedly? I wonder how that could best be done?
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Re:When I Stopped Trying to Self-Optimize, I Got Better
by pdmccormick on Tuesday September 26, 2023 @01:40AM
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I have not tried that yet, no. For me the goal isn't just about shortening often repeated commands, as though the limitation were purely about character input speed, it's more of a contemplative practise of learning how to notice and respond to that internal prompt that says "I wish I could say that more succinctly" or "There has to be a better way to do this". And then either telling my mind work on those questions, or being open and receptive to coming across something relevant on the topic, or seizing a moment of inspiration to write a time-saving script or come up with a meaningful (to me) alias.