- You Don’t Need A Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
12 Feb '25
An opinion on the trend of content creators promoting Tmux and Zellij for
desktop environments – and why these setups may miss the point.
- Sonshi-style a.k.a. Keyboard on Laptop
30 Jan '25
Tl;dr: Whenever you’re working on your laptop with an external keyboard,
preferably an
HHKB,
on top of your laptop’s keyboard, you’re working
Sonshi-style
(
尊師スタイル).
- My Year in Coffee (2024)
12 Jan '25
In 2024 I was lucky to enjoy a wide variety of great coffees from roasteries
in Honolulu, Seoul, Vietnam, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and other
cities. This is a compilation of many of the coffees I got to taste.
- 9Barista Espresso Machine: One Year Later
2 Nov '24
It has been roughly a year since I got my 9Barista jet-engineered stovetop
espresso machine, which has ever since been my go-to method for brewing
coffee. This post is an introduction and brief review of my experience with
the espresso maker.
- Throwback Thursday: KDE 2 on SuSE Linux 7.3
3 Oct '24
“Do you pine for the days when men were men and wrote their own device
drivers?”
– Linus T.
- Google Pixel 9 released: The Best Time to Upgrade to the Pixel 8 (and
GrapheneOS)
13 Aug '24
The Google Pixel 9 has just been released, making this probably the best time
to snap up its predecessor, the Pixel 8 – a solid phone with years-long
software support – and switch to GrapheneOS along the way!
- Minimalist and Functional Desktop Environment without Xorg
18 Jul '24
A brief write-up on how I’ve set up my Linux desktop environment to be minimal
yet functional, to let me work and use the computer as efficiently as
possible. All without using Xorg.
- Committing At Least One Line Each Day for Five Years
23 May '24
No coffee for a week? Taking cold showers for thirty days? Ten push-ups a day
for a year? How about comitting at least a single line of code every day for
five years? I’m in!
- A Thought on Sixels
28 Mar '24
In the age of visually stunning graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and
interactive designs, there exists a timeless elegance in the simplicity of
purely text-based interfaces. From command line interfaces (CLIs) to plain
text file formats like Markdown, the beauty of text lies not only in its
minimalistic aesthetic but also in the efficiency and clarity it brings to
digital interactions.
- If You Must Use Signal, Use Molly
29 Feb '24
While I’m critical towards the Signal messenger, I understand that network
effects are strong and even though many people would much rather prefer a
different platform, it’s not easy to get friends and family onto something
better. In this brief write-up, I’ll introduce an alternative Signal client to
make using Signal at least slightly less troublesome.
An opinion on the trend of content creators promoting Tmux and Zellij for desktop environments – and why these setups may miss the point.
In 2024 I was lucky to enjoy a wide variety of great coffees from roasteries in Honolulu, Seoul, Vietnam, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and other cities. This is a compilation of many of the coffees I got to taste.
It has been roughly a year since I got my 9Barista jet-engineered stovetop espresso machine, which has ever since been my go-to method for brewing coffee. This post is an introduction and brief review of my experience with the espresso maker.
“Do you pine for the days when men were men and wrote their own device drivers?”
The Google Pixel 9 has just been released, making this probably the best time to snap up its predecessor, the Pixel 8 – a solid phone with years-long software support – and switch to GrapheneOS along the way!
A brief write-up on how I’ve set up my Linux desktop environment to be minimal yet functional, to let me work and use the computer as efficiently as possible. All without using Xorg.
No coffee for a week? Taking cold showers for thirty days? Ten push-ups a day for a year? How about comitting at least a single line of code every day for five years? I’m in!
In the age of visually stunning graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and interactive designs, there exists a timeless elegance in the simplicity of purely text-based interfaces. From command line interfaces (CLIs) to plain text file formats like Markdown, the beauty of text lies not only in its minimalistic aesthetic but also in the efficiency and clarity it brings to digital interactions.
While I’m critical towards the Signal messenger, I understand that network effects are strong and even though many people would much rather prefer a different platform, it’s not easy to get friends and family onto something better. In this brief write-up, I’ll introduce an alternative Signal client to make using Signal at least slightly less troublesome.