Personal Computing

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A younger me used to be an advocate of the free software movement, I even used the legendary Lemote Yeeloong 8101B laptop for some time. But have long since surrendered to the convenience in Apple Inc products.

Setup

I try to keep my system setup as clean as possible from applications & plugins. I'm fine with the default terminal app on Mac OS, I also don't prefer a specific shell. Running a clean install of VS Code and trying to move away from Chrome amid privacy concerns.

Keeping your setup minimal also helps a lot when starting fresh. I used to keep my SSH key on a physical card, but that was always a pain configuring it to work on a new system, so I stopped doing that.

Open Source

Years ago I used to contribute to open source projects, mostly to libraries around GitHub´s electron project. Probably helped me get a job or two in the past. Nowadays I hardly find the motivation to contribute while working full-time.

Languages

A lot of developers get personal about programming languages, I don't. I mostly use JavaScript for its convenience and versatility. It's widely applicable and it's the language of the web.

Approaching software

I like to take inspiration from the `small and modular' philosophies of Unix and the Choo project. To me, the joy in writing software is not always about exploring the latest tools, but finding patterns that help you stay independent of such. Systems should be built to last, with deliberate simplicity.