Distrohopping for the first time in forever

I've gotten too comfy with my laptop setup lately. Aurora Linux has held up nicely and everything just works. I need to play around with more things, and push myself out of my comfort zone. To this end, I've finally decided to distrohop once again. I ... read more →

How to pet a cat

Bet you weren't expecting this on a tech blog. Hear me out, I'm going somewhere with this. Step 1: Find the cat Picture this: You're walking down a street and you see a cat. It's seen you too. So you just walk up to it and pet it? Not just yet. The c ... read more →

My dev setup

I'm a software developer and I love Linux and the terminal. Here's how I set things up Overview Homebrew to manage global applications Just to run common commands Nushell as the user shell Mise to manage project-specific applications and commands Gi ... read more →

QMK keyboard tricks

I have a lot of mechanical keyboards. My current and most commonly used one is a Boardsource Equals 60, a beautiful aluminium keyboard with a 5x12 grid layout. It's like a large, metal chocolate bar. While I won't go into the exact details of my layo ... read more →

Terminal and app discovery

I love using the terminal. My standard dev tools are all terminal-based. If I'm forced to use Windows I can get everything set up through WSL. If I need to develop on the go I can ssh into my home server and write code with the same tools I always us ... read more →

Why make a blog now, in the age of AI?

I have a hard time trusting websites. When I search for anything on the Internet, most results are SEO-optimized slop. For a while I could add "reddit" to the end of my posts, because as much as I dislike Reddit at least there are humans th ... read more →

AI and EBikes

I work at an office 10 miles away from my house. I don't like walking to the bus station, so instead I take the bicycle. I have a nice little generic bike with a Tongsheng 250w mid-drive motor and a large battery strapped to the top of the rear rack. ... read more →

My history with fountain pens

I remember being in primary school, where the younger students used pencils and the older ones used pens. I saw writing with a pen as a form of prestige, where you are so good at writing that you don't need to fall back on rubbing out your mistakes. ... read more →

Hello world

Welcome to my first website. It's a blog, a portfolio, and a place for me to put things I find interesting. I care about keeping information open and available to everyone. I'm writing this at a time where companies are locking down their data and fo ... read more →