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title: Github Codespaces slug: github-codespaces description: Today I learned that you can sync dotfiles to Github Codespaces. <!--- authors:
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Today I learned that you can sync dotfiles to Github Codespaces.
I generally start my mornings off with a cup of ☕️ coffee and crank up the 💻 machines. I get up early and I usually get my best work done in the mornings because it's quiet and relatively distraction free. Because we're staying downstairs during our renovations[^1], my office is upstairs, and the den has been cozy in the morning due to the fireplace, I've been starting off on my iPad 📱 I nicknamed Lisa[^2].
I try not to waste my caffeine boost 🚀 on reading the news, my messages or emails. Every afternoon before I cut loose from my desk, I generally try to close down everything except whatever projects I have going on so that I can pick right up on them in the mornings. I closely guard my attention likely because it'll easily skip off the rails and I wrote about this in Slow Thinking[^3]. And I've been slowly whittling my iPad into shape for more development and less communication which primarily revolves around working with VS Code[^4].
Yeah, I know... don't ask me "where I've been", I'm a late adopter[^5]. I had barely touched the surface with CodeSpaces[^5] or Development Containers[^6] but I got a little OCD this morning over my terminal theme in a codespace and started digging into the configurations. Whatayaknow... turns out, I can just sync all of my configurations for the editor, terminal[^7], and development environment[^8]. Github and Microsoft have introduced an open specifications[^9].
Although I knew it was possible, I just hadn't spent much time doing it. I guess it's appropriate given my biggest time waster until now, The Simpsons Tapped Out[^10], is being deprecated so I guess I'll never finish my monorail.
References
- https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-your-user-preferences/personalizing-github-codespaces-for-your-account#dotfiles
- https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-up-your-project-for-codespaces/adding-a-dev-container-configuration/introduction-to-dev-containers
[^1]: House - /notes/house
[^2]: Lisa - /docs/computers/lisa
[^3]: Slow Thinking - https://davidawindham.com/slow-thinking/
[^4]: Working with Visual Studio Code and Github on my iPad - /posts/vscode-ipad
[^5]: Late Adopter - https://davidawindham.com/late-adopter/
[^6]: Github Codespaces - https://github.com/features/codespaces
[^7]: Personalizing GitHub Codespaces - https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-your-user-preferences/personalizing-github-codespaces-for-your-account#dotfiles
[^8]: Creating a custom dev container configuration - https://docs.github.com/en/codespaces/setting-up-your-project-for-codespaces/adding-a-dev-container-configuration/introduction-to-dev-containers
[^9]: Development Containers - https://containers.dev/implementors/json_reference/
[^10]: The Simpsons Tapped Out - https://davidawindham.com/the-simpsons/