Writing
Long-form notes on privacy, Linux, and the software I break on purpose. No schedule, no newsletter, no tracking.
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Replacing Obsidian with Neovim and Typst
Obsidian, Neovim and Typst all solve the same problem differently. A long walk through the toolchain I actually write in now.
- 025 min
Backups - You only want them once you need them
A backup you have never restored is a hope, not a backup. The 3-2-1 rule, the threat model behind it, and the day my password manager lived inside the thing it was meant to save.
- 037 min
What is this new website design?
Why the site changed shape, why the graph exists, and what the new directory structure is actually for.
- 049 min
Is NixOS the Perfect Linux Distribution for You
NixOS does not ask whether you are ready. It asks whether you want your system described as code, rebuilt from a single file.
- 056 min
The perfect productivity system
The perfect system is the one you stop optimizing. Notes, tasks and reviews arranged so the arrangement stops being the hobby.
- 067 min
I found a better alternative to Logseq
Logseq was almost right. Here is what pushed me back to Obsidian, what the graph looks like now, and how it feeds this blog.
- 076 min
Learning to learn
Studying harder is the trap. Spaced repetition, active recall, and the uncomfortable amount of forgetting that learning actually requires.
- 085 min
The psychology of social media addiction
The feed is not a product, you are. Variable rewards, notification loops, and why willpower keeps losing to interface design.
- 097 min
Becoming private online
Privacy is not a switch you flip. It is a series of small, boring decisions about what you install, what you share, and who profits from the gap.
- 106 min
Switching from YouTube to FreeTube
What YouTube does when you are not looking, and what changes when the front end is yours. FreeTube, subscriptions, and the cost of leaving.
- 116 min
Learning to use a split keyboard
Two halves of a keyboard, a few weeks of confusion, and shoulders that finally stopped complaining. A practical account of switching.
- 123 min
Learning Colemak DH
Six weeks of being worse at typing than you were as a child. Colemak DH, the transition, and whether the pinky pain was worth it.