TLDR
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A developer reflects on how their
~/.config directory evolved piece by piece until almost nothing original remains.
Key Takeaways
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The Ship of Theseus framing applies directly to dotfiles: incremental replacements accumulate until the setup shares little with its origin.
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Config drift is rarely deliberate; it happens through tool switches, plugin swaps, and editor migrations compounded over years.
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The tension is between continuity (same muscle memory, same keybindings) and coherence (configs that actually reflect current tooling).
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Periodic audits or a clean-slate rebuild are the two real options; most developers never fully commit to either.
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