# ndotfiles (noun) : the d being silent. (noun) : wait maybe it's the n. IN his CD "ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS for TUBA: with spoken commentary", longtime Principal Tubist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Gene Pokorny[^1] introduces, > IN his book the seven habits of highly effective people, > author Stephen Covey points out many people climb the ladder of success, > progressing higher and higher only to reach that top rung, > and then realize the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall. > In other words, > the most important factor defining success in a person's personal or professional life may have gotten lost in the whole picture. Now largely paraphrasing, IN this `README.md`, absurdist matthew forrester wolffe, asserts that, > [s]uccess in terms of playing any [keyboard], > whether you are interested in [frontend, backend, systems, or cyber], > whether you are a professional, student, hobbyist, [or lobbyist], > [compiles] down to one simple, definable entity. > That entity is the [sound and tactile feedback of your keyboard][^2]. > If you have chosen to [play the keyboard] without the most important reason being that you enjoy the sound [and feeling of the tactile feedback of your keyboard], > then you may want to reevaluate while you’re playing the [keyboard] in the first place. > ...Your ladder may be leaning against the wrong wall. ## What? Just putting some of my dotfiles under VCS because some in my immediate area have asked. [^1]: y'all this guy tore me absolute-and-altogether-new-one in a very public masterclass (and filmed to boot. hope that never gets put up somewhere..), and you know what? **my 20-y/o self f\*ckin needed it.** [^2]: sorry gosh, yeah no, it's your O(n[^3])dotfiles! [^3]: yeah i think it is the n that should be silent