Episode 623
50 Days of Blue
July 13th, 2025
1 hr 14 mins 51 secs
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Chris fled a declarative-first world for the promised land of Bluefin's atomic simplicity. Fifty days in, did he find desktop bliss or just fresh compromises?
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