From Emacs to Agents (opens in new tab)

I used to be a heavy Emacs user. Note the past tense. Over the last few months my Emacs usage has fallen off a cliff, and I want to talk about why, because there’s a general lesson in it. My Emacs Commits Flatlined Like every other Emacs geek, I used to spend inordinate amounts of time chiseling away at my config. That activity has died down over the last couple of years. My last commit to that repo was October 2025.