Ditto for the fountain pen. For the past few months I've been trying to switch off the computer as much as possible and do as much writing as I can by hand. I can concentrate a lot better and I enjoy the physicality of handling a good pen and actual paper.
If you want to try something wild: take a side project and do your programming on paper.
Type the code in and run it if you must. But go back and write in pen and ink.
It sounds weird. Programming languages have a lot of funky syntax. You’ll find the impulse to either find short-hand or else you will start structuring the program such that you can keep (parts of) it in your head.
I've loved fountain pens and ink for years. Used an iPad with an Apple Pencil (which are great) for a couple of years, and then recently came back to fountain pens and pencils. I missed them so much!
What pens have you/others been using? I like the TWSBI 580.
veddox|1 year ago
agentultra|1 year ago
Type the code in and run it if you must. But go back and write in pen and ink.
It sounds weird. Programming languages have a lot of funky syntax. You’ll find the impulse to either find short-hand or else you will start structuring the program such that you can keep (parts of) it in your head.
xanderlewis|1 year ago
What pens have you/others been using? I like the TWSBI 580.