oblique-strategies

A tiny Atom package for developer inspiration.

What

Politely displays a random strategy for overcoming programming blocks. It can be configured to display a strategy when requested or when it detects keyboard inactivity across all Atom editors.

Why

In 1975, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt created a deck of cards printed with aphorisms designed to be drawn at random for help breaking through creative blocks. In April of 2015, I ran across Kevin Lawler's Prompts for Programmers and took it as a call to action. This Atom plugin is the result of that action. I highly recommend reading Kevin's post for more detail on each strategy.

How

• Download the Atom editor

• Install the oblique-strategies package

• Configure the package to your liking:

  • Sticky strategies - Checked if strategies should not auto-dismiss.
  • Enable on load - Checked if the package should load automatically.
  • Notification type - Select the type of notification that should be used to display strategies.
  • Randomize strategies - Checked if strategies should be displayed in random order.
  • Inactivity trigger - Number of seconds of inactivity before a strategy will be displayed.
  • Strategies list - A comma-separated list of strategies that will be used instead of the default strategies that come with this package.

  

TODO

• Add more tests