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DT says it so well in this video, I’ve never really been one to shit on software projects, with maybe a VERY small handful of exceptions. The shitting on ubuntu always rubbed me wrong, shitting on flatpak and snap I never got, shitting on systemd because of Leonard Pottering I never got, DT puts it in such good words here. If you don’t like it you are probably not the target audience.
If Ubuntu is too bloated, don’t try to debloat it, this is not windows, we have options, Ubuntu is one option and so much is intertwined together in something like Ubuntu if you think you want to try to “debloat” it good luck. If you have a problem with Snaps, this is probably not for you. You are probably looking for a distro with more control, probably something that you choose everything for.
Publishing rhythm
2025-07-12 Notes
Starting the polkit agent for hyperland arch to handle permission elevation for desktop applications.
Lab Update
Update on the lab setup and what I’ve been working on recently.
Cloudy with a Chance of Tech · blog.thomaswimprine.com [1]
Always enjoy a good read through someone elses setup. I appreciate the desire for pi clusters they are cute, they seem cheap, but feel a bit overrated (at least for those of us with relatively cheap electricity). I love seeing the refurb “tiny desktops” getting a second useful life in a homelab [2] after they have serve their useful life in the corporate world sitting behind the monitor of some reception desk. These things rock, they are underrated, x86_64, not ARM, so they just work. Until ARM becomes more normalized in the datacenter this is where its at.
References:
[1]: https://blog.thomaswimprine.com/blog/2025-07-07-Lab-Update/
[2]: /homelab/
2025-07-11 Notes
Continuing my exploration of Searchcraft I loaded all of my blog into it. It fully posted, indexed, and had my content ready for search in a literal blink....
2025-07-10 Notes
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Notes – 17:00 Wed 9 Jul 2025
Notes – 17:00 Wed 9 Jul 2025
dbushell.com · dbushell.com [1]
Enjoying watching David bring together his rss reader day by day. Excited to see where it goes. Im trying to get better at dropping notes like this without a ton of context, without needing to be right, just a note of whats on my mind and what I’m doing.
References:
[1]: https://dbushell.com/notes/2025-07-09T17:00Z/
uv cache prune
If you're running low on disk space and are a uv user, don't forget about uv cache prune: uv cache prune removes all unused cache entries. For example, the cache …
Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1]
Good point to check on your uv cache if you are running low on disk space. I checked mine today, and it wasn’t too bad so I left it alone.
du -sh `uv cache dir`
References:
[1]: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/8/uv-cache-prune/#atom-everything
2025-07-09 Notes
What a nightmare this glossary plugin turns out to be, it broke my site. I had it really close, then one more change asked for to the llm, an LGTM and did...
[1]
I’m digging these web2app’s from DHH’s omarchy for setting up an opinionated archlinux hyprland. This gives a way to quickly open a web app as an app either with a hotkey or run launcher in its own dedicated window that you can put on it’s own workspace. I really like a workflow of keeping one window per workspace on one monitor and I can quickly navigate between apps with a single hotkey. This gives you the power to switch through things like chat, terminal, browser, steam game with blazing speed from the keybaord, no clicking no searching, just going directly to it.
References:
[1]: /static/https://github.com/basecamp/omarchy/blob/master/install/webapps.sh
Check out kyantech [1] and their project Palmr [2].
🌴 Palmr. is an open-source file-sharing platform focused on privacy and security. It enables users to upload, manage, and share files with features like password protection, custom links, and access control without tracking or limitations. Designed for seamless and secure sharing, Palmr. is completely free.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/kyantech
[2]: https://github.com/kyantech/Palmr
2025-07-08 Notes
Setting up the hyprland run launcher to not be case sensitive.
2025-07-07 Notes
leaning into the rediculous rainbow borders instead of getting rid of them in hyprland.
GitHub - chase/awrit: A full graphical web browser for Kitty terminal with mouse and keyboard support
A full graphical web browser for Kitty terminal with mouse and keyboard support - chase/awrit
GitHub · github.com [1]
awrit is a full graphical browser that runs inside of kitty. I’ve moved on some of my machines away from kitty as the maintainer has seemed so hostile and there are other great therminals out there, but I’m going to give this a go. I have kitty running on my hyprland setup as it is the default anyways. It is actual chromium rendering to a kitty graphics protocol.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/chase/awrit
Aur
Arch User Repository, a collection of community maintained packages for archlinux.
Paru
paru is a package manager for archlinux that installs packages from the AUR.
Smooth clipboard settings for tmux is critical for my workflow. I’m often
grabbing snippets of terminal output to paste into team chats, blog posts, or
llm prompts. Admittedly, I’m often doing this with the mouse, unless it’s
coming from neovim, which I generally do with motions. Moving from an xorg
based setup to hyprland has required me to reconfigure my tmux clipboard
settings. This is what I did.
First install wl-clipboard with AUR.">paru.
paru -S wl-clipboard
Next add this to your tmux config. I’ve long had this config, but with only
the xorg/xclip setup, now this checks for wl-copy, uses it, or falls back to
my old xclip setup.
bind -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "bash -c 'command -v wl-copy >/dev/null && wl-copy || xclip -i -f -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard'"
set-option -s set-clipboard off
bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "bash -c 'command -v wl-copy >/dev/null && wl-copy || xclip -i -f -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard'"
Virtual Environment
Virtual Environment is term for a sandboxed environment commonly associated with the python programming language. If you are installing any sort of python...
command palettes are overrated
Command palettes are slow, and overrated, you should treat yourself better.
You probably installed VSC*** out of the box and your co-workers see you using
the mouse and reprimanded you as they should. Mouse usage is not OK if you are
a software dev, you should have the cheap ass free mouse that came with your
cousins dell machine five years ago and only use if for emergencies. If you
want to be fast you cannot do that by moving cursors to imprecise locations and
clicking with your hand. You are not a caveman, put down the stones and get
with the damn times. You need to be moving with precision.
Stage One, the command palette # [1]
So you are taking your first few baby steps away from that Logitech MX Master
and you need to get shit done, during these infant months the command palette
is your friend. Use it you will be 10x faster than Razer Naga Ron from
accounting. If you are in an IDE like VSC*** or a JEttedBrains editor they
come with a command palette for running commands and f...
2025-07-06 Notes
hyprland volume control, I wasn't sure if I needed something specific for wayland/pipewire, nope pavucontrol just works.
External Link
stackoverflow.com [1]
I need to give this a try for markata glossary
References:
[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56755439/modifying-hover-in-tailwindcss