Comments for Andrew Montalenti

The early-adopter point feels right.

[…] to publish a 2026 essay that captures my headspace appropriately.

I uninstalled Pocketcasts and Spotify late last year.

My work colleague on my startup, PX Systems, Cody Hiar, wrote a nice round-up of the approaches he uses to avoid distractions on his smartphone.

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As you can see from the pingback above, my original suspicion that an unhealthy podcast listening habit might form ended up becoming an unfortunate reality in 2025.

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Hello.

Very good article, thanks for sharing.

@Jonathan Ah!

WRT the trackpad, you don’t mention the track_point_ at all.

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Update from Jan 2025: I migrated away from my Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 8 to the X1 Carbon Gen 11.

[…] My latest was to shift from a very-very old laptop (my trusty Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 8) to a not-quite-so-old laptop (a Lenovo X1 Carbon Gen 11).

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@Humza, well-stated comment, and I enjoyed the citations.

This is a thoughtful essay.

or in my nix-shell Yes!

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