From 8697555125c57ae64a0c9b78514b4aac4fd523de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitja Felicijan Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 14:50:20 +0200 Subject: Massive formatting and added figcaption --- .../2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md | 85 +++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 42 deletions(-) (limited to 'content/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md') diff --git a/content/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md b/content/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md index 13f4f42..97ddb34 100644 --- a/content/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md +++ b/content/posts/2019-10-14-simplifying-and-reducing-clutter.md @@ -5,53 +5,54 @@ date: 2019-10-14T12:00:00+02:00 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 +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 +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 +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 +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