Tools & Creating
A few months ago, I was thinking about whether to buy a new computer. I was weighing the pros and cons of whether it was worth it because my macbook pro 13" wasn’t completely dead yet. Everytime I ran more than 3 applications at a time (which is all the time, it sounded like it was about to take off.
I tweeted a very generic, non-thought provoking about wanting a new laptop and was blown away by the replies I got.
my macbook is getting slower and slower everyday. Is this my sign to get a new m1 chip macbook pro🤩
— jaclyn | straightupjac.eth (@straightupjac) January 21, 2022
Mostly from some modern internet friends (what do you call people you mainly know in online contexts?) Mathurah and Jasmine. They got me thinking about the tools I use. Jasmine drew the analogy of artists and their instruments - as a technologist, my instruments are the tools that I use to build. If I thought of myself as an artist, I would not settle for anything less than the best tools I could afford for my craft.
if feasible for you, absolutely.
— jasmine wang ✨ (@j_asminewang) January 21, 2022
I went back and forth on this since I had a 2020 mbp, but @SebastienZany reminded me that if I thought of myself as an artist & a computer as my instrument, I would never settle for nothing other than the best tools I could afford. https://t.co/2NlX6AFlg6
I never really thought deeply about code as a craft before this. But my goal for the next few months, is to spend more time on doing things that don’t scale - and just have fun with it. Create things and play with code.