I am a life long nerd who seems to be perpetually chasing the next bright shiny thing :) I will always be puttering with technology whether I’m paid for it or not :)

I love spending time with my wife and our rescue pup, playing with old computers, reading, and playing video games.

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  • So it’s interesting reading all the folks talking about permacomputing and the like.

    And I think there’s merit to keeping those architectures around.

    But let’s turn this on its head, shall we? Where do we get the people who still have that hardware who are willing to actively take part in Linux kernel development?

    Like, to become facile enough with the process, tools and codebase to be able to bear the load of writing new security patches as vulnerabilities are found?

    It’s a hard problem. The number of people actively contributing to Linux is large in aggregate but VANISHINGLY small when it comes to any particular area of interest.
















  • That’s not just understandable but how could it be any other way?

    Heck just Vim itself is layer upon layer of powerful functionality. Now layer in the immense potential of Neovim’s Lua based plugin ecosystem and client/server architecture? 🤯

    Give yourself the time to learn. Focus on just the things you need to get the task you’re doing RIGHT NOW done, then focus later on things that can level up your knowledge and productivity.

    I’ve been thinking about making Neovim tutorial videos for Youtube. If I did, what kinds of things would be useful to you?



  • Hello!

    I joined the SDF a number of months back but got more involved about 2 months ago when I upgraded to a MetaARPA membership.

    One of the things I just adore about the SDF is that, as a new comer, it seems to emphasize the creative, artistic and social aspects of computing rather than being yet another place for entrepreneur culture mavens to try out their new side hustle :)

    I have nothing against making money, but I fell in love with computers in the 80s because they were bicycles for the mind, and I want people to remember that :)

    I’ve been stumbling around the Boston area for close to 40 years now. I adore old computers, reading anything and everything I can get my hands on including but not limited to science fiction, urban fantasy and science/history.

    It’s neat that MetaARPA members get PBX extensions - it would be neat to organize a voice chat every now and then if there isn’t one already!

    Thank you to everyone who helps make this happen. I look forward to figuring out how I can pitch in helping to continue to make this place awesome :)


  • Hi!

    kickstart.nvim maintainer here, please don’t follow the advice given in the video to just dump init.lua into place.

    Please follow the instructions in the README for the repo and git clone it into your $XDG_CONFIG_HOME instead.

    If you just copy pasta init.lua things will break. This is a result of converting Kickstart to lazy.nvim



  • I appreciate your honesty about the README!

    You say it didn’t make sense, was it:

    1. Too long so you felt overwhelmed and stopped?
    2. Too complicated in some way? Which bit caused you to stall out?

    I feel like we need to do better here, but also I’m not a writer myself so I could definitely use all the specific feedback we can get.

    Please feel free to file bugs, even if it’s “I don’t understand what <$tech_phrase> means” or similar. I’ll action ever single one of them :)