#programming in linux

[coffin-spider]

The gremlins in my mind want to own a lil mini computer like this as if I we're some strange sci-fi novel character. To you beautiful humans who make stuff like this and know how to use raspberry pies, I love you. My fantasy to be a cyberpunk/lainecore/space girl is fuled by your mastery of this lil goobers

[cool-retro-term-official]

Github has it for you. It's literally on gitlab. Just go on sourceforge and download the source code. Just git clone it from my gitea ! Right. On. Gitbucket ! Just click your way to my Kallithea and download it ! It's on sourcehut now !

[prokopetz]

Memes about vim users are fun for me because, yeah, I do code in vim, but I also mostly maintain legacy systems, so usually I don't bother to dink with the vim settings that were already in place. Sometimes it's factory default. Sometimes I learn something about the psychology of my predecessor.

[prosthetic-heart-fella]

Pulled a sneaky on my co-worker today :p

[chaussurre]

[nixcraft]

[blueenergycat]

Tested out another art program by drawing… a shinx, of course!

[possibly-j]

I was browsing UnixPorn on Reddit and was reminded how opinionated people get about Linux. Sure I have my opinions, but I by no means believe my opinions extend outside personal preference.

I feel like it's a tell-tale sign between Linux as a hobby, and Linux as a tool. Hating SystemD is great and all, I personally prefer OpenRC, but if I actually need to use the system I'm going to want the init system that has the best online support.

There is no singular "right" way to use Linux. I fully understand both wanting to use Linux for its benefits as an operating system as well as using Linux because it's fun to customize. I do both. But I think people, specifically those who like more fringe systems, can tend to forget that some people just want an out of the box Linux experience that will work for as long as they need it to.

This mentality is by no means unique to Linux, I see it in many tech spaces. Yes Rust is objectively better designed than Java, but Java is easier to learn and hire for. I feel like many newcomers to these things can get pressured into making their life harder than it needs to be to meet other people's standards.

I suppose the moral of this post is; remember everyone has different needs, and your opinions do not trump those needs.

I always somehow manage to turn my commentary on the Linux community philosophical. Humanity reveals itself to be consistent in many strange ways.

[johnnyshrine]

★ 148 // “Tux Paint”

[persephones-rain]

True Linux from scratch: reimplementing the entire kernel from scratch yourself

[heart-ghost-studyblr]

Getting old is interesting. I've always been a middle ground between sports (skateboarding, surfing, jiu-jitsu) and an avid student. Over time, it's clear that you can't keep trying the same tricks, just as you can't study the same way.

Today, as I'm writing an article about event-driven architectures, I realize that final exams in college were much easier, just like it's not as easy to jump the same stairs on a skateboard as I did when I was 18. In the image, you can see my favorite note-taking app, Obsidian, and my Neovim terminal. I'm diving deep into Java, and for that, I'm taking a Spring Boot bootcamp offered by Claro through the DIO Innovation One platform.

[catwhoisawizard]

As someone who is not technically savvy and who uses Linux because fuck Windows, I have a hot take that some programmers might not like: under no circumstances should the end-user of a program have to interact with the eldritch monstrosity that is github!

It's overwhelming, makes no sense, and absolutely should not be necessary for me to use your thing.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

my computer is insisting it can't delete this file without permission from the admin and I'm like

[cool-retro-term-official]

PROGRAMMERS OF ALL KINDS AND SHAPES, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS

A code that doesn't have comments, even if it's well written, is not always very good code. When you want to optimize your code, you're might have to write ugly stuff sometimes ! Look at what data oriented design can produce for example. When optimization introduces unreadability, even if everything else is amazingly written, you need to add comments.

Anyway, use your cli tools on me plz, im cool, im pretty, look at me, blip bloop, blip bloop ❤️💾

[nixcraft]

me_irl

[elementaryos-official]

Hey Linux users! Do you trust untested AI-generated bash scripts

Assume that you checked the script to make sure the script did what you wanted to do and that it's safe (eg, no rm -rf when you're not deleting something, or unnecessary use of sudo, etc) but you didn't test the script on a VM, test server, etc.

Personally, my answer is no, because I don't trust AI, and I believe you should always test all your bash script (unless they are super simple)