Musings

• The Compose key is magic
  Fast emoji and special character input on your Linux desktop? For free? In THIS economy?
• The state of Linux music players in 2026
  Reviewing Linux desktop music players in an escape from Spotify.
• Everything is a File
  In this first half of a build-your-own-synthetic-file-system adventure, we take a look at what even is a file, and some inspiration behind building a synthetic file system.
• Stop arguing each other over LLMs, you stupid fucks
  Your fellow man is not your enemy.
• Replacing a running Linux system with NixOS over SSH
  Juggling chainsaws.
• This is your sign to give up and just use k3s for smaller projects
  Self-managing a single-node Kubernetes deployment with k3s is probably the least painful way of deploying small projects that might not (ever) be profitable.
• Python and NixOS: A match made in hell
  What happens when a purely functional, deterministic, declarative package management system meets Python.
• Writing a basic Linux device driver when you know nothing about Linux drivers or USB
  How difficult could it really be?
• Using Wireshark to reverse-engineer a USB device
  To develop our own drivers for a USB device, we must first learn how it actually works. Luckily, Wireshark can help out here.
• The least painful way to set up a Windows VM on NixOS
  Setting up a Windows VM sounds like one of more straightforward tasks. Unfortunately, Microsoft's recent enshittification made it far more difficult than it needs to be.
• When is a Rust function "unsafe"?
  Exploring obvious and controversial usages of the infamous unsafe keyword, and how can we iterate on it.
• Hello, world
  In which I hope to keep a stronger online presence and become rich and famous.