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		tombot 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: WriterdeckOS Why isn’t there autosaving? Why go to all this effort to make such a hostile UX?

spankibalt 6 days ago | [–]

Because autosaving lacks the neccessary fashion irony.

ergocoder 6 days ago | [–]

It's against the writer's manifesto.

The writers should always always recall their materials.

Auto-save is an opposite of that.

You can see the full manifesto here: writermanifesto.com.

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