In what way if any are you a tech minimalist while maintaining your job/love for tech?

# In what way if any are you a tech minimalist while maintaining your job/love for tech? Source: [https://lobste.rs/s/kxmdvj/what_way_if_any_are_you_tech_minimalist](https://lobste.rs/s/kxmdvj/what_way_if_any_are_you_tech_minimalist) 1. i have never once even been tempted by "smart home devices": cloud, locally hosted, or anything\. I have a nest thermostat because it came with the apartment; it's never been online\. I don't believe in security/doorbell cameras\. Lights are properly turned on and off with a wall switch\. Locks are opened with physical bits of carved metal\. Car controls have buttons and dials\. No home appliance should ever have a network connection\. 2. Still take notes with pen and paper, partially out of habit, partially because I think it does help me retain stuff better compared to typed notes \(or, god\-forbid, AI generated meeting summaries\) 1. Same\. Also buying fancy pens is fun\. 3. I have zero smart appliances, my car itself has no Internet connectivity\. I don’t subscribe to many services\. My only social media is here and Mastodon and a LinkedIn profile I check once a quarter\. I don’t use heavily customized software\. I write my own minimal software\. I play board games more than video games\. 1. What sort of software have you written for yourself? 1. Text editors, compilers, scripting languages\. There’s a certain joy to it\. 4. My todo list is a daily written thing\. I carry a group of pens and even a pencil with me every day\. My home is only smart if it's truly privacy preserving \-\- my smoke detectors are not even networked\. 5. Once you've tried a Pentel Graph Gear 1000 0\.9mm, it's hard to use anything else for sketches, designs, notes, etc\. They're so popular that when the plastic part of the barrel eventually breaks, you can buy a custom machined aluminum replacement on ebay \(or Ali etc\.\) for only twice the cost of the original pencil\.