[hollerith]

I like to minimize the amount of time I spent with instant access to the web because too much instant access to the web is bad for my mental health. That's why I arranged things so that I don't need web access when I'm programming, and Info is a major part of my having been able to do that.

[shortrounddev2]

I just chose my most addictive sites and pointed them to 127.0.0.1 in my hosts file. When I open the browser and my Brian instinctively opens them, I get nothing.

For home projects, I have microsoft's docs on C++ and C# downloaded locally, but for work I need to be connected to the internet to do my job

[hollerith]

I do that, too, in addition to keeping my cable modem off while I am programming (with the result that I have to wait about 8 minutes from any decision to use or access the web to when the web actually starts to be accessible to me).

Thanks for telling me that microsoft's docs on C++ and C# can be cached locally. I tried to create local copies of some docs on web programming, but found out that it cannot be done with a reasonable amount of effort by people who are not already experts in web programming.

[shortrounddev2]

It's called "Help Viewer", you can install it with Visual Studio Installer