Linux Asceticism

When you interact with a text file using an editor, what you see doesn’t necessarily reflect the data stored in the file. Sure, the contents of plain text files are byte codes encoded in formats like ASCII, UTF8, or UTF16, and these byte codes are the ultimate source of truth. But in the end, it’s still your text editor that chooses how to...

When we encounter new information that conflicts with our current beliefs, we typically follow one of the preceding options: Ignore the new information. Place it into your existing belief system, regardless of whether it is consistent with your other beliefs. Create an ad hoc explanation to keep our beliefs intact. Adjust or revise our existing...

Up until now, I was not aware that concurrency and parallelism were actually different things since they are often used interchangeably by some. I just learned that this is not the case while reading Chapter 9 of the book “Clojure for the Brave and True.” This made me want to learn more about concepts related to concurrency and parallelism,...

In this essay, I share some tips that I’ve found particularly beneficial for my own debugging experience. Hope it helps the reader as well. If you have any cool tips you’d also like to share, feel free to share them. I might include them in the essay and give you credit for it. Writing Logs to STDERR I’ve noticed that developers, myself included,...

I’ve switched my desktop computer environment from Arch Linux to NixOS and used it for about a month. I want to share my migration experience in case it might interest or even help others. I also want to thank my friends Onur and Mert for encouraging me to switch to NixOS and providing help. Why Migrate from Arch in the first place? As someone...