Hobbyist developer, Linux enthusiast, and Arch Linux user.

“The only things constant in this world are death and taxes, I’ve got both!” — Skeleton Merchant, Terraria

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Cake day: June 29th, 2023

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  • RDR2: Last mission of the game. Crashed two-thirds through it. Gave up. Fuck that, I’m not redoing that shit.

    Sleeping Dogs: After gaining freeroam and a couple main missions (the first stealth one where you’re planting that listening device in a restaurant), got bored of the game. Feels like A worse GTA IV and Yakuza game. IDK I just didn’t vibe with it.

    Psychonauts 1: Last level (Circus). If you know, you know. It’s awful.

    Spyro: Reignited Trilogy: 100%ed 1 and 2. Gave up on 3 because it got boring and I hated the skateboarding levels.

    It seems the trend is when games get boring/repetitive, or some bullshit mechanic/mission/event is involved.











  • This is an extreme example if you really want something like an old, ‘dumb’ phone from the past while still using modern hardware:

    • Remove any non-essential apps to making a call or text. I would only keep F-Droid to keep your launcher up to date (unless there’s a built-in updater)
    • Replace your current launcher with something more minimal like Minimo Launcher
    • Optional: Install a game (Just one!) like Breakout 71 for something to do on your break (Like how old phones had a game to play)
    • Disable all notifications not related to phone or text
    • Disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, All Location Services, anything that isn’t essential to making a call or text.

    EDIT: forgot to add:

    • Only re-enable Wi-Fi for updating your launcher and/or game. Disable when you’re done.

    Congratulations, you’ve successfully ‘dumb downed’ your smartphone.











  • Sure, a few projects I’ve been working on:

    • framed_text: A Python package that adds some utilities I frequently use in my projects, such as Status message, Data with labels, and messages surrounded by a frame. (Inspired by prompt_toolkit’s choice frames)
    • play-music: A CLI music wrapper for VLC & MPV. Mainly just a way to play files and directories/playlists without having to type their paths by using saved IDs.

    I have a few other public repos on my Codeberg page, and a few private ones that are more tailored to my specific system. I have a lot of scripts that are not in any repos that are just one-off things like extracting data from a CSV file.