It's you not the tools, compare the right things, and a writing method

If you want this in your inbox sign up to the newsletter It's me not the tools Matthew talks about how he is enticed by new tools and then his realisation that the issue isn't the tool, it's him. I agree with Matthew, it's the systems I use with the tools that trip me up, not the tool itself in almost every case but not always. Testing nvim-orgmode was a good test, but Emacs and proper orgmode is far better than the port into Neovim. Just because Emacs works for my task management and work notes doesn't mean that I should go all in though and drop my current shell and NeoVim workflow to do everything in Emacs. I left Vim/NeoVim many times to try whatever the latest editor was, and after a few months always came back because they just work like I want them to. Before you look at switching, evaluate your systems. Comparing the wrong thing Even if you're into bikes, when you're comparing make sure you're comparing the right things for you. As the video says, if you'd never spend $8k on a…