Viewing 25 year old files authored in desktop publishing tools on today's software (e.g. Word, Wordperfect): https://archives.govt.nz/resources/information-management-research/rendering-matters-report-results-research-digital-object-0
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I find it odd that people recommend Docker for sandboxing agentic coding tools. Isn't it easier to just create a separate user account on the machine?
It's an established security boundary, and viewing output is easy (just make the user's home directory world readable).
A fun example of Emacs composability: run spell check when you're viewing files, so you can fix typos in file names:
I created a patch to a typescript project today, but accidentally reformatted it. When viewing my changes with difftastic, I didn't see any of the formatting changes!
This is kinda cool, but it would have annoyed the maintainer if I hadn't spotted it.