My Favorite Software in 2024

I’m no audiophile, but I do appreciate a nice pair of headphones. While there is objectivity when it comes to measuring how headphones sound (e.g., frequency response), ultimately, I find judging headphones a highly subjective experience. For example, I fully agree with DankPods that the Grado signature sound profile is delightfully sparkly and a...

In the past few months, I’ve come across two interesting and impressive projects. First, Omakub, an omakase developer setup for Ubuntu 24.04+ by DHH, whom I greatly respect. Second, Project Bluefin, an opinionated Linux workstation built on atomic Fedora images (Fedora Silverblue, specifically). I couldn’t help but see this as an opportunity to...

In the past few months, I’ve come across two interesting and impressive projects. First, Omakub, an omakase developer setup for Ubuntu 24.04+ by DHH, whom I greatly respect. Second, Project Bluefin, an opinionated Linux workstation built on atomic Fedora images (Fedora Silverblue, specifically). I couldn’t help but see this as an opportunity to...

Have you considered explicitly writing out the mission, principles, and values for your family? About a year ago, my wife and I had some big changes in life: a young child, living in a new state, setting some roots. It seemed like an apropos time to make a declaration of sorts of our family mission, principles, and values so that we could point...

How is your knowledge of knots? Despite being an Eagle Scout, I would have to answer: very poor. While I’m confident that just about everyone knows the Overhand knot, the Reef knot (or Square knot), a shoelace knot (or more), and a Slip knot. As a Boy Scout, throw a Bowline into that mix. And yet, if I was tasked to tie a knot outside the context...