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backup distrobox image

Today I'm upgrading my distrobox, but don't want to end up in a situation where I can't get anything done becauase I work out of my distrobox.

nvim-manager

I recently built a cli application as a nearly-one-shot-app called nvim-manager . It manages your nvim dotfiles install. screenshot-2025-01-31T21-21-40-707Z.png {.more-cinematic} Why {.chat-left} Don't we have stow? {.chat-right} Ya, thats not enough. {.chat-left} Why not?? {.chat-right} Inevitably shit goes sideways and I break my vim install. How is nvim manager any better nvim-manager allows you to install pinned versions of your dotfiles, your friends dotfiles, and distros in ~/.config. Thi

setting up ucore-zfs

I just setup my oldest hardware on the newest hotest server distro ucore-zfs. This is a gateway FX6860 manufactured in 2010. Immutable is the future My current boot log shows that I first started daily driving bazzite back in August 2024. I've been hapily using it since my arch install was plaugued with a crippling display driver error, or something that would lock the display for minutes every 30s or so, it became unusable. I switched because this is what I put my son on and it was working gr

useful btrfs tools

disk usage Looking at disk usage on any of these must be done using a tool built for it if you want an accurate measurement. General purpose tools like du will be inaccurate as they do not count things like duplicate copies in snapshots. -T for tabular format mounting the drive mounting a snapshot snapper btdu btrfs-assistant

Setting up snapper on Arch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_97JOyC1o2o Note These are mostly my notes to remind myself, I'd Highly reccomend watching this-video or reading this arch wiki page /.snapshots already exists error When I started running I ran into the following error. snapshots-already-exists remove existing snapshots configure snapper btrfs subvolumes btrfs-subvolume-list You should now see in mountpoints. lsblk-snapshots Setting the default to @ so that you can boot into snapper snapshots btrfs-subvol-g

The one reason I switched to arch

The community, that's it, end of post, roll the credits. I'm a tinkerer I am a tinkerer, I am not going to run a stock desktop manager, mostly becuase that's just not how my brain works. I need to tweak everything to fit my needs. Grantid I have not spent much time in many full fledged linux desktop environments. They are far more customizable than windows ever will be, I absolutely love that about them. Inevitibly I end up in a situation where I hit a wall, it just won't do what I want it t

pipx examples

count lines of code

Copier Templates

%%include til/copier_endops %%include til/copier-template-variables %%include til/copier-answers

You must use augroup with autocmd in vim | Here's ...

If you are running vim autocmd's without a group, you're killing your performance. Granted your probably not sourcing your vimscript files with autocmd's too often, but every time you source that vimscript you are adding another command that needs to run redundantly. https://youtu.be/2ITTn4Dl0lc This is what I had Not silky smooth For WAAY too long I have had something like this in my vimrc or init.vim. It formats my python for me on every save, works great except if I source my dotfiles mor

Code Review from the comfort of vim | Diffurcate

I often review Pull requests from the browser as it just makes it so easy to see the diffs and navigate through them, but there comes a time when the diffs get really big and hard to follow. That's when its time to bring in the comforts of vim. https://youtu.be/5NKaZFavM0E Plugins needed This all stems from the great plugin by AndrewRadev . It breaks a down into a project. So rather than poping into a pager from git diff, you can pipe to diffurcate and it will setup a project in a tmp directo

Setup a yaml schema | yamlls for a silky smooth se...

I've gone far too long without a good setup for editing yaml files, I am missing out on autocomplete and proper diagnostics. This ends today as I setup yaml-language-server in neovim. https://youtu.be/xo4HrFoKF4c {.youtube-embed} The video for this one is part of a challenge-playlist I put out for myself to constantly improve my dotfiles for all of December. init.vim I have my setup to only source other modules, if you want everything in a single config, feel free to do as you wish. I broke mi

Open files FAST from zsh | or bash if thats your t...

https://youtu.be/PQw_is7rQSw I am often in a set of tmux splits flying back and forth, accidentally close my editor, so when I come back to that split and hit my keybinds to edit files I enter them into zsh rather than into nvim like I intended. Today I am going to sand off that rough edge and get as similar behavior to nvim as I can with a couple of aliases. Make sure you check out the YouTube video to see all of my improvements. what's an alias If you have never heard of an alias before it's

How linux users install a text editor

In honor of the neovim 0.6.0 release, I decided to do a funny skit installing neovim, and fix up my install script in the process as part of my challenge to fix up my dotfiles. I ran into one snag where I was not updating the repo that I cloned. I moved it to the directory I now keep third-party git repos and set it to update with ansible. https://youtu.be/64oKLphhBuo The thing that took me the longest to realize was.... I had a path issue pointing me to an old install of the appimage over the

30 days dotfile ricing

https://youtu.be/Jq1Y48F_rOU {.youtube-embed} I am challenging myself to 30 days of dotfile ricing. I have been on linux desktop for a few months now and have a pretty good workflow going, I have the coarse edits done to my workflow, but it has some rough edges that need sanded down. It's time to squash some of those little annoyances that still exist in my setup. This is primarily going to be focused on productivity, but may have a few things to just look better. This will comprise heavily of a

JUT | Read Notebooks in the Terminal

Trying to read a .ipynb file without starting a jupyter server? jut has you covered. https://youtu.be/t8AvImnwor0 watch the video version of this post on YouTube install is packaged and available on pypi so installing is as easy as pip installing it. installing jut with pip ! This is my first time including snippets of the video in the article like this, let me know what you think! examples running jut examples what are all the commands available for jut? Take a look at the help of the cli

Update Alternatives in Linux

I made a neovim plugin

I've slowly adding more and more lua functions into my neovim configuration, and recently I noticed a pattern for a class of functions that reach out to run shell commands that can be abstracted away. https://youtu.be/8m5ipBuopPU {.youtube-embed} Telegraph.nvim Check out the project readme for the most up to date details on the plugin itself. Motivation I want a simple way to make remaps into shell commands that can open new tmux windows, popups, or just run a command with context from the edit

tmux targeted session

https://youtu.be/5KE7Il7SOEk {.youtube-embed} This is something that I made up but use every single day, this is what keeps much of what is on my blog or my teams private work wiki going. I have a few very important directories that I have assigned directly to a hotkey for fast session switching. [[ tmux-new-session ]] This one is building off of yeserday's new-session post, make sure you check that one out as well. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this

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tmux detach

https://youtu.be/A1qx3tNKDdA {.youtube-embed} tmux detach is a handy tmux command that will quit your current session while keeping it running. The full name of the comamnd is , is a shorthand. default keybinding I have mine bound to where mod is alt. https://waylonwalker.com/tmux-nav-2021/ {.hoverlink} for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post Also check out the full YouTube tmux-playlist to see all of the videos in this series.

tmux attach

https://youtu.be/JQ0yDCVu44E attach is one of the most useful features of tmux. If you have no interest in tmux for pane and window management, you should use tmux for this. It can be a life saver if you ever get disconnected from the host machine or accidently close your terminal you can connect right back into the session you were just in using attach. attach this command will simply attach back to tmux if you are ever disconnected If you ever run long running tasks on a remote machine by ss

tmux ls

https://youtu.be/LY41GLn_DGg {.youtube-embed} tmux ls will list the sessions that you have running within the tmux server if tmux is currently running. This is handy to combine with commands such as . [[ tmux-attach ]] [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post Also check out the full YouTube tmux-playlist to see all of the videos in this series.

tmux command line

https://youtu.be/SNu-4IrkjAs {.youtube-embed} So far we have covered a lot of tmux commands and how they map to keybindings but these same commands can be executed at the command line. From the command line Let's make a popup that displays our git status for 5s or until we close it manually. We can run the following command at the command line, in a split. From the tmux command line Or we can open the tmux command line and run it from tmux's built in command line, which is very similar to bim E

tmux copy-mode

https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk {.youtube-embed} tmux copy-mode is a tmux mode that lets you scroll, search, copy, and jump your way through a pane. There are a ton of keybindings for copy-mode, the main ones you will need to know are for searching down for searching up, for next item, for starting a selection, and enter to copy the selection. Arrow keys will be used for navigation unless you have specified vi mode, then it will be . Default keybinding to get into copy mode is . If you a

tmux join-pane

https://youtu.be/Vm5rRtcVXLw {.youtube-embed} Join-pane allows you to join panes that you have broken away from your window, or created in a different window to the window you want it in. As far as I know there is not a default keybinding for it. Before you can join a pane you must first have a pane marked to join. Once you mark a pane, go back to the window you want to join it to and join-pane. My keybindings, you must add this to your file to use them. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more informat

tmux break-pane

https://youtu.be/ICL609F2xnc {.youtube-embed} Break-pane is a handy tmux command when your layout gets too cramped and you want to just move a split into its own window. Calling does exactly that, it creates a for you and moves your currently selected split into that window Default key binding for [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux zoom

https://youtu.be/Rn6mOarCQ-Y {.youtube-embed} Zooming into the current split in tmux is a valuable tool to give yourself some screen real estate. These days I am almost always presenting, streaming, or pairing up with a co-worker over a video call. Since I am always sharing my screen I am generally zoomed in to a level that is just a bit uncomfortable, so anytime I make a split it is really uncomfortable, being able to zoom into the split I am focused on is a big help, and also help anyone wat

tmux new-window

https://youtu.be/YRPZBv-iYyE {.youtube-embed} New window as it sounds makes new windows in tmux. Windows are kind of like tabs. They are another screen within your sessions that you can name and make new panes in. Default key bindings for creating and navigating windows in tmux. As always I have rebound these keys because I generally prefer a single keystroke over the prefix plus keybinding approach that tmux gives by default. When I started using tmux I did almost everything in one giant sess

tmux slect-pane

https://youtu.be/CPZJZjN9YTY {.youtube-embed} These are my MOST often used keybindings that I use in tmux. They allow me to jump between splits with ease with a vim style layout. I can hold mod and jump between panes with a familiar arrow key. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux rotate-window

https://youtu.be/06z5qf81ofo {.youtube-embed} Rotate window is the main way that I navigated tmux before I learned . It allows you to change your focused pane, or rotate the position of the panes easily. Default keybindings My keybindings look just a bit different than the default ones, I do not like needing to hit prefix for every command, especially for repeated commands. I set a similar keybinding to the default one that uses mod instead of prefix. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information o

tmux select-layout

https://youtu.be/F0mHnwTrNNc {.youtube-embed} When you get many splits going in tmux sometimes its time for a new layout. There are four layout strategies that I use, main-vertical, main-horizontal, even-vertical, even-horizontal. Almost always I am useing the main ones with mod plus a or mod plus shift a keybindings. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux resize-panes

https://youtu.be/hpFYE2LU7xc {.youtube-embed} Resizing panes in tmux can be quite difficult in default tmux, I use a set of keybingings to help resize panes in the rare occasions that I do need just a bit more space. I set the keybinding to the same as my split navigation bindings but shifted. They are very vim like (h,j,k,l). Most often when I need to resize panes I just grab the edge of the pane with my mouse. Yes the mouse, its not that often that I actually need to change the size of a pan

tmux choose-tree

https://youtu.be/79Y-kqAiMpw {.youtube-embed} Choose tree is a powerful tmux utility that provides a graphical interface to preview all sessions, windows, and panes, move between them kill them, move them and much more. The default keybinding my preferred keybinding to open sessions and windows collapsed and Zoomed in. From the man page. https://waylonwalker.com/tmux-nav-2021/ {.hoverlink} for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux prefix

https://youtu.be/BMkpbfhbkKM {.youtube-embed} The prefix key is an essential part of tmux, by default all of tmux's key-bindings sit behind a prefix. This prefix is very similar to vim's leader key. It is common for folks to change the default (control b) to or if they are a vim user something to match their vim leader key. A few of the essential default key-bindings. A more complete list of key-bindings can be found in this gist https://gist.github.com/mzmonsour/8791835 . [[ tmux-nav-2021

tmux splitting panes

https://youtu.be/kzgyiHap1nQ {.youtube-embed} splitting panes is a core feature of tmux. It allows us to split the terminal vertically or horizontally into new panes. 🗒️ note that '#{pane_current_path}'will keep the split in the same directory as it's parent, without this it will default to your home directory. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux last session

https://youtu.be/RB87EEnnMnU {.youtube-embed} An ultimate productivity key-binding in tmux is one to switch to the last session. I use this to quickly get between sessions really quick. Often I am working and need to lookup a quick note, or copy something into my notes, then get back to where I was quickly. I think of this hub and spoke model, and use to quickly drive it. hub and spoke [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux floating popups

https://youtu.be/2ZqFDsJywt8 {.youtube-embed} Tmux popups are actually floating windows that you can drag around the screen. They always open in the middle (by default) when you open them, no matter where you leave them. Here are a couple of keybindings I use to open up popup windows. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

tmux popups

https://youtu.be/2I8fB28zfB4 {.youtube-embed} Tmux-popups are a great feature that is relatively new to tmux, many repos such as the standard ubuntu repos do not have it. Popups came in 3.2a, if your package manager does not have it, you can follow the tmux's install instructions to build from source. [[ tmux-nav-2021 ]] for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post I use popups quite a bit in my workflow to ssh into another machine for a short period, or make a new p

Ubuntu

These are the notes that I used as I set up my first ever ubuntu desktop. gnome-tweaks nordix gtk theme I ran this, but have no idea if it had any effect as the theme did not show up until I relogged. What I think actuagnome terminal showing scrollbar in tmuxlly worked was emoji support One thing that I really missed quite early from windows was the emoji virtual keyboard. I like being able to quickly toss in those emoji that give just a bit of a visual cue 🔥, ⚠️,, 🎉, 🦄, 💜. installation I found

How I configure git

Git can be a bit tricky to get configured correctly. I often stumble into config issues weeks after setting up a new machine that I did not even notice. These are my notes to remind me how I configure git. Identity rebase editor default branch push to current bransh wihtout setting upstream Autostash

python lsp setup

Setting up python with the native nvim>0.5 lsp was mr lsp-config https://github.com/neovim/nvim-lspconfig pyls#190 https://github.com/palantir/python-language-server/issues/190 mypy Getting mypy working with lsp was tricky for me. I had some issues trying to run mypy in ci and pyright in my editor and I really wanted them to match.

How I navigate tmux in 2021

In 2021 I changed the way I navigate between tmux sessions big time. Now I can create, kill, switch with ease, and generally keep work separated into logical groups. Update Since making this post, I have made ~20 other posts in short form that all have a YouTube video to go along with them you can find them all on my tmux-playlist . Chris Toomey's Tmux Course I took Chris's tmux course in December 2020 and it was fantastic. Even as a seasoned tmux user, I learned quite a bit. Before the cou

Trim unused git branches

Trim branches no longer on origin Find branches already merged

How to compare two files in vim

Create a Virtual File Gallery with Symlinks

Creating a directory that is a union of several directories can be achieved with a few symlinks at the command line. Creating a Virtual File Gallery Here is how I am creating a virtual directory of all my projects that is a combination of both work and not-work projects. I am creating symlinks for every directory under and . ⚠ Notice that first I am recreating the directory each time. This will ensure that any project that is deleted from their actual directory is removed from the virtual ga

📝 Docker Deep Dive - Notes

https://www.hanselminutes.com/784/doing-open-source-with-brian-douglas Play With Docker A handy way to try weird things in docker is using play-with-docker . You get a four hour session for free, after four hours everything will be deleted, but you can start a new session. Installing Docker on Linux Installing on Ubuntu. Running Docker commands without sudo In order to run docker commands without using sudo you need to add docker to your group. Architecture and Theory Container - Isolated are

Live Substitution In Neovim

Replacing text in vim can be quite frustrating especially since it doesn't have live feedback to what is changing. Today I was watching Josh Branchaud's Vim-Unalphabet series on Youtuve and realized that his vim was doing this and I had to have it. https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker/status/1346081617199198210 How to do it I had to do a bit of searching and found a great post from vimcasts that shows exactly how to get the live search and replace highlighting using :h inccommand Add this to you

Newsboat

Web browsers are a black hole of productivity. I try to use them as little as possible when it is time to focus. I try to use , , or with ipython, or --help at the command line as much as possible. What about that time I am trying to see what my online friends are posting on their sites? I used to used google reader quite heavily before that was taken down. Newsboat I am going to give a terminal rss reader a try for a bit and see how that goes for me. I have really struggled to get into

Find and Replace in the Terminal.

grepr grepd CocSearch

Creating Reusable Bash Scripts

Bash is a language that is quite useful for automation no matter what language you write in. Bash can do so many powerful system-level tasks. Even if you are on windows these days you are likely to come across bash inside a cloud VM, Continuous Integration, or even inside of docker. I have three techniques that help me write more composable bash scripts. functions Arguments positional arguments All Arguments Error Handling main script Functions Break scripts down into reusable components Functio

New Machine for developing Tests with TestProject....

Today I setup a new machine on Digital Ocean to use with TestProject.io, Here are my installation notes. envsubst < .github/ci/docker-compose.yml > docker-compose.yml

Out of Space

This morning I logged into my machine and was nearly out of space 64GB miniconda3! 5GB conda cache 4GM pip cache 34GB docker Find it screenshot-2025-02-12T22-32-14-298Z.png {.more-cinematic} These are the commands that I often use to reclaim space. Its so easy to fill up small vm's in the cloud, or in my case today let your dev machine go way too long without a good cleanup. Show Remaining Space on Drives This shows us where to start and gives a baseline of how much space we have reclaimed. sho

Supercharge Zsh Startup

I have been using oh-my-zsh successfully for about 2 years now. But lately my startup time has been really bothersome. It has grown to the point where it was taking about 5.5s to startup a shell! This is ok if I am going to spend some time in here for awhile and do some work that benefits from all of the autocompletions, plugins, and shortcuts that oh-my-zsh brings. But to only jump in to run a handful of commands is infuriating. 📑 My Setup I believe the real issue is io speed on wsl. I hav

📝 Bash Notes

Bash is super powerful. File System Full Show Remaining Space on Drives show largest files in current directory Move files then symlink them Fuzzy One Liners edit in vim cat a file bash execute git add git reset Kill a process Finding things Files fd-find is amazing for finding files, it even respects your file 😲. Install with . ++Vanilla Bonus Content ** show matching text ** ++Vanilla Bonus ** show file names only ** ++Vanilla Bonus Recursively Replace text ++Vanilla Bon