2026-07-17 Fri

• If you can't remember why you installed it, remove it

  • This morning I compared what was brew installed on one of my machines against what was in My/Dotfiles' chezmoi/Brewfile and uncovered that many brew things were installed on my machine but never declared in my brewfile.
  • Wrote My/Dotfiles/Process/Adding a New Global Dependency/Idea
    • Similar to my dotfiles principle that nothing should be installed without writing down why I need it installed, I am considering have a rule governing my dotfiles that in order to stay installed, I must remember why I wanted it installed.
    • I could use SRS / FSRS flashcards to determine whether something should be uninstalled. If I failed to to explain why something's installed enough times, then the dependency would get removed from my dotfiles automatically.

• Fix logseq to the markdown version

  • brew upgrade installed Logseq to Logseq/v/2/0/1, the first LogseqDB release.
  • The last file-based (non-DB) release was Logseq/v/0/10/15. Ended up making my first brew cask to pin it.

• Filed

  • My/Dotfiles/Process/Justifying Dependencies via Spaced Repetition/Idea
  • Logseq/v/2/0/1
  • My/AI/Rule/State the Positive

• Updated

  • My/Dotfiles/Process/Adding a New Global Dependency/Idea