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2title: Simplifying and reducing clutter in my life and work
3url: simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.html
4date: 2019-10-14T12:00:00+02:00
5type: post
6draft: false
7---
8
9I recently moved my main working machine back from Hachintosh to Linux. Well the
10experiment was interesting and I have done some great work on macOS but it was
11time to move back.
12
13I actually really missed Linux. The simplicity of `apt-get` or just the amount
14of software that exists for Linux should be a no-brainer. I spent most of my
15time on macOS finding solutions to make things work. Using
16[Brew](https://brew.sh/) was just a horrible experience and far from package
17managers of Linux. At least they managed to get that `sudo` debacle sorted.
18
19Not all was bad. macOS in general was a perfectly good environment. Things like
20Docker and tooling like this worked without any hiccups. My normal tools like
21coding IDE worked flawlessly and the whole look and feel is just superb. I have
22been using MacBook Air for couple of years so I was used to the system but never
23as a daily driver.
24
25One of the things I did after I installed Linux back on my machine was cleaning
26up my Dropbox folder. I have everything on Dropbox. Even projects folder. I
27write code for living so my whole life revolves around couple of megs of code
28(with assets). So it's not like I have huge files on my machine. I don't have
29movies or music or pictures on my PC. All of that stuff is in cloud. I use
30Google music and I have Netflix account which is more than enough for me.
31
32I also went and deleted some of the repositories on my Github account. I have
33deleted more code than deployed. People find this strange but for me deleting
34something feels so cathartic and also forces me to write better code next time
35around when I am faced with similar problem. That was a huge relief if I am
36being totally honest.
37
38Next step was to do something with my webpage. I have been using some scripts I
39wrote a while ago to generate static pages from markdown source posts. I kept on
40adding and adding stuff on top of it and it became a source of a
41frustration. And this is just a simple blog and I was using gulp and npm.
42Anyways after couple of hours of searching and testing static generators I found
43an interesting one
44[https://github.com/piranha/gostatic](https://github.com/piranha/gostatic) and I
45just decided to use this one. It was the only one that had a simple templating
46engine, not that I really need one. But others had this convoluted way of trying
47to solve everything and at the end just required quite bigger learning curve I
48was ready to go with. So I deleted couple of old posts, simplified HTML, trashed
49most of the CSS and went with
50[https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/](https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/)
51aesthetics. Yeah, the previous site was more visually stimulating but all I
52really care is the content at this point. And Times New Roman font is kind of
53awesome.
54
55I stopped working on most of the projects in the past couple of months because
56the overhead was just too insane. There comes a point when you stretch yourself
57too much and then you stop progressing and with that comes dissatisfaction.
58
59So that's about it. Moving forward minimal style.