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+title: Simplifying and reducing clutter in my life and work
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+date: 2019-10-14T12:00:00+02:00
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+I recently moved my main working machine back from Hachintosh to Linux. Well the
+experiment was interesting and I have done some great work on macOS but it was
+time to move back.
+
+I actually really missed Linux. The simplicity of `apt-get` or just the amount
+of software that exists for Linux should be a no-brainer. I spent most of my
+time on macOS finding solutions to make things work. Using
+[Brew](https://brew.sh/) was just a horrible experience and far from package
+managers of Linux. At least they managed to get that `sudo` debacle sorted.
+
+Not all was bad. macOS in general was a perfectly good environment. Things like
+Docker and tooling like this worked without any hiccups. My normal tools like
+coding IDE worked flawlessly and the whole look and feel is just superb. I have
+been using MacBook Air for couple of years so I was used to the system but never
+as a daily driver.
+
+One of the things I did after I installed Linux back on my machine was cleaning
+up my Dropbox folder. I have everything on Dropbox. Even projects folder. I
+write code for living so my whole life revolves around couple of megs of code
+(with assets). So it's not like I have huge files on my machine. I don't have
+movies or music or pictures on my PC. All of that stuff is in cloud. I use
+Google music and I have Netflix account which is more than enough for me.
+
+I also went and deleted some of the repositories on my Github account. I have
+deleted more code than deployed. People find this strange but for me deleting
+something feels so cathartic and also forces me to write better code next time
+around when I am faced with similar problem. That was a huge relief if I am
+being totally honest.
+
+Next step was to do something with my webpage. I have been using some scripts I
+wrote a while ago to generate static pages from markdown source posts. I kept on
+adding and adding stuff on top of it and it became a source of a
+frustration. And this is just a simple blog and I was using gulp and npm.
+Anyways after couple of hours of searching and testing static generators I found
+an interesting one
+[https://github.com/piranha/gostatic](https://github.com/piranha/gostatic) and I
+just decided to use this one. It was the only one that had a simple templating
+engine, not that I really need one. But others had this convoluted way of trying
+to solve everything and at the end just required quite bigger learning curve I
+was ready to go with. So I deleted couple of old posts, simplified HTML, trashed
+most of the CSS and went with
+[https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/](https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/)
+aesthetics.  Yeah, the previous site was more visually stimulating but all I
+really care is the content at this point. And Times New Roman font is kind of
+awesome.
+
+I stopped working on most of the projects in the past couple of months because
+the overhead was just too insane. There comes a point when you stretch yourself
+too much and then you stop progressing and with that comes dissatisfaction.
+
+So that's about it. Moving forward minimal style.