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2title: Simplifying and reducing clutter in my life and work
3permalink: /simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.html
4date: 2019-10-14T12:00:00+02:00
5layout: post
6type: post
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9
10I recently moved my main working machine back from Hachintosh to Linux. Well the
11experiment was interesting and I have done some great work on macOS but it was
12time to move back.
13
14I actually really missed Linux. The simplicity of `apt-get` or just the amount
15of software that exists for Linux should be a no-brainer. I spent most of my
16time on macOS finding solutions to make things work. Using
17[Brew](https://brew.sh/) was just a horrible experience and far from package
18managers of Linux. At least they managed to get that `sudo` debacle sorted.
19
20Not all was bad. macOS in general was a perfectly good environment. Things like
21Docker and tooling like this worked without any hiccups. My normal tools like
22coding IDE worked flawlessly and the whole look and feel is just superb. I have
23been using MacBook Air for couple of years so I was used to the system but never
24as a daily driver.
25
26One of the things I did after I installed Linux back on my machine was cleaning
27up my Dropbox folder. I have everything on Dropbox. Even projects folder. I
28write code for living so my whole life revolves around couple of megs of code
29(with assets). So it's not like I have huge files on my machine. I don't have
30movies or music or pictures on my PC. All of that stuff is in cloud. I use
31Google music and I have Netflix account which is more than enough for me.
32
33I also went and deleted some of the repositories on my Github account. I have
34deleted more code than deployed. People find this strange but for me deleting
35something feels so cathartic and also forces me to write better code next time
36around when I am faced with similar problem. That was a huge relief if I am
37being totally honest.
38
39Next step was to do something with my webpage. I have been using some scripts I
40wrote a while ago to generate static pages from markdown source posts. I kept on
41adding and adding stuff on top of it and it became a source of a
42frustration. And this is just a simple blog and I was using gulp and npm.
43Anyways after couple of hours of searching and testing static generators I found
44an interesting one
45[https://github.com/piranha/gostatic](https://github.com/piranha/gostatic) and I
46just decided to use this one. It was the only one that had a simple templating
47engine, not that I really need one. But others had this convoluted way of trying
48to solve everything and at the end just required quite bigger learning curve I
49was ready to go with. So I deleted couple of old posts, simplified HTML, trashed
50most of the CSS and went with
51[https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/](https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/)
52aesthetics. Yeah, the previous site was more visually stimulating but all I
53really care is the content at this point. And Times New Roman font is kind of
54awesome.
55
56I stopped working on most of the projects in the past couple of months because
57the overhead was just too insane. There comes a point when you stretch yourself
58too much and then you stop progressing and with that comes dissatisfaction.
59
60So that's about it. Moving forward minimal style.