Tools I uninstalled this month

I split a 4000-line file into 12 smaller ones this week. The smaller files weren't actually easier to understand. The 4000-line file was a problem of structure, not of length.

I write smaller commits than I used to. The commits are uglier in isolation and much easier to read in sequence.

If a config file has more than a dozen options, half of them aren't being used. The other half are being used in ways the original author didn't predict.

When a system surprises me, my first instinct used to be to fix the surprise. Now my first instinct is to figure out which mental model of mine was wrong, and update that.