Sal's
Sal's
Sal
I'm Sal, and this is my spot. I'm a middle-aged guy with a wife, kids, and a job. Isn't that exciting?? I've had several blogs over the years and have enjoyed all of them. With each iteration, I lower my ambitions, take it less seriously, and try to have more fun. This one is another step in all of those directions, and I'm hoping it sticks around the longest. Disclaimer: I tend to write in short timeboxes and following the 70% rule. If a post seems shallow or half-baked ... yep!
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I saw Chris McLeod's post fly by and got the itch. Here's mine! Operating system: macOS. Also tried this year: Linux (Fedora) and ChromeOS. Notes: Obsidian. Also tried: Logseq at work. Great ideas. The execution just wasn't quite there...
Well I thought I might do this weekly, but my last one was a month ago! Time flies. Here’s today’s jumble. Though I bounced off of Linux, my terminal quest continues because I like it. For example, I’m still using Neovim for a lot of my...
Like Jack, I've been dabbling in Linux. At home, I've been setting up a Linux server to act as my primary desktop machine and homelab of sorts. It's an old machine I bought for $120, and it's flying with Fedora i3 Spin. Meanwhile, at...
If tack .atom onto the end of a GitHub releases URL, you now have an Atom feed for the project releases. For example: https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases (webpage) https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases.atom (feed) I'm hoping...
Quick follow-on to my last post: A sweet perk of going all-in with the terminal and multiplexers is that you get a personalized tiling window manager anywhere, on any system. As long as there's a terminal and you can install your...
Well, I was finally settling into my terminal lifestyle with Tmux+Tmuxp managing my workspaces. And along came Zellij. While I'm generally happy with Tmux, there was some wonkiness with Neovim. More specifically, when I'd use the Navi...
Check out this neat lil thingie I just stumbled into, courtesy of nvim-autopairs:
Vim is the Samurai. There is stillness, then a flash of action, and the opponent's head is rolling on the floor. Vim has no time for your shit until you can demonstrate the basic decorum, but then will accept you dutifully as an...
As I've mentioned a few too many times, I've been cavorting in the terminal. I'm learning a lot and having a ball. One recent discovery I'm pretty thrilled about is christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator, which lets you seamlessly move between...
Reuters reports that Amazon will lay off another 30,000 people. Summary bullets from the top of the article: Job cuts may affect HR, devices, services, operations CEO Jassy aims to reduce bureaucracy, increase AI use Amazon shares rise...
Want to get rid of these? (From the macOS System Settings app.) Me too. I didn't think it was possible because the only clickable option is an Add Coverage button. But if you click that, and wait for a spinner for a minute, you'll then...
I often enjoy other bloggers' weekly notes, so I'll give it a shot myself. Terminal stuffI'm still deep in the terminal-emulated rabbit hole with Neovim, Tmux, and a supporting cast of characters including chezmoi for dotfiles, tmuxp for...
Gummy snakes, red wine, Practical Vim exercises.
I'm fascinated by the command line. This is why I'm drawn to things like Linux, Vim, Tmux, Helix, etc. After a couple weeks of renewed, frenetic obsession with my CLI rig, I'm taking some time to understand where this drive comes from....
After reading Julia Evans's latest post on switching from Vim to Helix and all the positive commentary on HN, I'm giving it a shot. I'm amusing myself here, because I very recently gave Vim another go and then quickly bailed on that...