sometimes it is worse when things work than don't work
there is nothing worse than troubleshooting a problem for an hour and it works for a dumb reason
Journal
i love rocky road icecream
it's so good
the work resumes
i've began working on my desktop environment harbour again, now there are multiple workspaces and workspace switching. i plan on adding trackpad gestures for workspace switching eventually. i think it's pretty close to being usable.
all mainstream linux distros are horrible
arch, debian, fedora, they all suck.
website update
i added a light theme and finally created the files section
distro update
i now have a working installer, and i was able to host a simple http server from it. tomorrow i am planning on getting some of my web applications running on it.
it's so over
its never been more over..
quick update
nothing of value to post right now, but i'm working on a distro and hope to show it off soon :>
framework laptop
i'm getting a framework laptop soon :DD
my weekly free time schedule
Monday - Goofing Tuesday - Productivity Wednesday - Friends Thursday - Friends Friday - Productivity Saturday - Goofing Sunday - Productivity
TODO: allocate hour by hour
k-on!
k-on! on the 2007 macbook <3
can't write today
big things happening, won't be able to write today
i hate rust
the software industry has fallen for a massive fever dream that rust is the only "moral" way to write code, that it is the inevitable successor to C and a magic bullet for security. but if you look past the hype and the cult-like devotion of the "rewrite it in rust" crowd, you find a language that treats developers like they're retarded.
I'm all ears
I'm all ears
stagnation
on paper, my days are still filled with things to do. but internally, i am caught in a loop that leads nowhere. the mental fog is the hardest part to navigate. i'm on autopilot and nothing feels interesting.
controlling a vm with discord
made this over the last 2 days, it's quite funny i think. we installed and riced artix linux using only the bot.
my desktop
nothing of value to post today, so here is what my setup looks like. no tiling wm, sorry to disappoint.
light theme is good actually
a lot of people hate on light themes, but i think they are nice. they make everything feel much cleaner and more organized, especially when i'm working during the day.
refactoring :D
i refactored all of the source code in omnisearch and added some features, it's quite a bit better now.
update on desktop environment
related to last post, i added a dock and application launcher :3
window manager
i'm working on a window manager in C, when it is in a functional state i plan to release it. here is what it looks like so far, it's very bare bones.
boredom pt.2
sorry for not posting much, i've been very lonely and bored recently. i hope to get more stuff done soon though.
boredom
i'm so bored, will start working on projects again soon i hope.
soydevs
this came up on my twitter homepage and ruined my day
year review
i don't know what to write here really, this year was very mid. but i was very happy to make many new friends this year! on the downside, i am very stressed and this year has been kind of bad for my mental health, but this feels like every year at this point. 4/10 year
scared of making good friends
the year is almost over, and one of my new years resolutions is to make new friends, and improve my relationships with my friends now. but i'm honestly a little scared of doing so because of my attachment problems and fear of abandonment. i've been abandoned by most of the people i've met, and it is usually my fault.
omnisearch is live
i plan on working on it more over the next few weeks and looking for contributors. currently, i want to add more engines to scrape. i also plan on working more on the web framework this project uses. :)
identity
i hate how people don't think of me based on my personality, humour, my work, my experiences, etc. and instead just see me as my ethnicity and or nationality. it becomes the topic of conversation sometimes without me bringing it up. i just want everyone to be seen the same and i want my personality to reflect me instead. i hate it so much.
just use doas
even though sudo has been the standard for privilege escalation on *nix systems for a while, it's massive codebase introduces a wider surface for vulnerabilities in exchange for features most desktop users will never touch. in comparison, doas provides a simple KISS alternative.
ram prices lol
took this picture at the store the other day
new project
i made a new project, it's one of those link-in-bio page thingies but i won't feel gay for using it because i made it. :33
my profile on illegalfirearms.store
also, OmniSearch will go live some time this week. Have a nice xmas for those who celebrate!
project update
i'm making a metasearch engine (like Searx/SearXNG) in C, i will post more updates soon
with elitism, we will never get a year of the linux desktop
the success of linux as a desktop depends on its ability to transition from a niche hobbyist tool to a viable platform for the general public, but this progress is hindered by a culture of elitism. when experienced users respond to basic questions with condescension or tell people to just RTFM, they gatekeep and alienate potential converts. the vast majority of computer users are not power users, they just want an easy to use system that just works.
2026 is the year of the *bsd desktop
i switched from NixOS to OpenBSD on my Thinkpad T480 :3
reasons to not kill yourself
- pain isn't permanent
- people care about you
- people need you
- you should be apart of the future
- people don't think you're a burden
- you can help others
- you can make others happy
- there are many pleasures you are yet to experience
- it's 2025, someone will make a joke about your death
- your brain is lying to you
- there are more things to learn
- you have to be there for the half life 3 drop
- you have to be there for the grand theft auto 6 drop
- your pets need you
- there was a ~1 in 400 quadrillion chance of you being born the way you were, it was probably for a reason
- you haven't met the love of your life yet
- the world is full of beauty you haven't yet seen
- you can be the person you needed for other people
- if you kill yourself, you can't change your mind
- stay alive out of spite for the people who have wronged you
big things happening
i'm planning on building a NAS for my homelab, i have a very low depth cabinet (350mm) which makes most commercial options impossible. the case i will be using is a PlinkUSA/Rackbuy ITX-G2250 because it uses only 250mm of depth. i wanted to use arm or RISC-V instead of x86 for the board for better thermals, so i will be using a Radxa ROCK 5 ITX+. i will put 2 drive bays for 2.5" SSDs in the 2 5.25" bays on the case.
i will post pictures after i order everything and build it!
i am a rubber ducky
in almost every interaction i have, i feel like a placeholder. people talk to me because they are obligated to, or because they need a blank space to dump their own thoughts and problems onto. i’ve realized that in 95% of my daily conversations, i could be replaced by a rubber duck and the other person wouldn't even blink. they aren't talking to me, they are just talking.
new blog
i’ve thought about starting this for a long time, but i keep waiting for a "big" moment to document. today isn't big. it’s actually pretty quiet, but i figured if i don’t start now, i never will. this isn't really a blog as much as it is publicly accessible notes, so do not expect anything interesting.
i've been struggling with the fact that every time i've tried to make a blog i haven't maintained it properly: if i only write when things are "interesting," i’ll end up with a very short blog and a lot of forgotten days in between.