miniblog.

I'm surprised there aren't more tools out there for starting a new project with some default config files. There's `cargo new` but it's Rust specific and very minimal. create-react-app is React specific. The only option I know of is cookiecutter. Surely it's a common problem?

I had an interesting conversation today with someone who was starting out in tech, and asked me for advice. I did my best to provide concrete, actionable suggestions:

It's too easy to get excited about time tracking, tags, and literate programming when starting out with org-mode. It has a huge featureset. I'd encourage new users just to treat it as a better markdown-mode, and learn about folding and links, before diving in to the rest.