From 4abcce013c9ee3053badf2abda77190233066676 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 10:35:22 +0100 Subject: Testing thoughts page --- .../2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 _posts/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md (limited to '_posts/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md') diff --git a/_posts/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md b/_posts/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e804ecb --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +--- +title: Simplifying and reducing clutter in my life and work +permalink: /simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.html +date: 2019-10-14T12:00:00+02:00 +layout: post +type: post +draft: false +--- + +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. -- cgit v1.2.3