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I hadn't looked at /reader (AKA /inbound) for a few days; I can't actually remember how long.

There was a lot in there so I hit mark all as read.

There was probably stuff in there I might want to have read, but if I hadn't actually sought it out I obviously didn't want to read it that much.

I didn't really need to take such drastic action, seeing as items older than a week automatically drop out after gradually fading. I suppose if I was that bothered, the reverse would make more sense: items becoming bolder to emphasise that I haven't read them.

Read 'em while you can, once they're gone they're gone!

No, the whole point is to not pressure myself into reading anything.

It may seem contrary to explicitly subscribe to blogs, to say "these are the people I want to hear from", then not read them, but I am giving myself the option. It is not a guarantee, it is a choice and not an obligation.

Echoes


- today's echoes

Resonance

Anomaly

Since having to reinstall MacOS Ventura I've been having issues with my editor of choice, CotEditor, not autocompleting etc. despite all of the settings being set correctly.

I've tried all sorts over the years but had settled on CotEditor a while back as it was light and quick and didn't need a bunch of extensions to play nicely with PHP. The problems I've been having meant that I was on the lookout for something else and had looked at Brackets but wasn't sold.

When talking about fonts, Kev mentioned VSCodium – the 'Microsoft free' version of VSCode – which I've tried briefly in the past but it never stuck. I thought I'd give it another go and it looks like it's improved considerably, especially with native PHP support, from my first foray.

I'm going to give it a spin for a while and see how it goes.



- investigate anomaly