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Hi, I'm LGUG2Z. (spoken aloud as "Jeezy" - the last two alphabetic characters [G, Z])
During my career I have worked across Central Asia and the Middle East in the humanitarian sector, and across Europe and North America as a software engineer.
I own, develop and operate notado.app, kullish, blucerne and xeetshot.
I maintain a number of popular educational source software projects and Discord communities, and I post software development content on YouTube
Projects
komorebi - Tiling window manager for Windows
wpm - Process manager for Windows inspired by systemd
Notado - Content-first bookmarking service
Kullish - Bring-your-own-links comment aggregator
Blucerne - Advanced search filters for Bluesky
whkd - Simple hotkey daemon for Windows
xeetshot - Longer xeets without Twitter Premium or threads
helix-vim - Batteries-included Vim-like configuration for Helix with a funny README
komokana - Automatic application-aware QMK-style keyboard layer switching for Windows
بیتیاب - Couplet-finder for classical Dari / Farsi / Tojiki Poetry
The World of Terra Ignota - Highlights from Ada Palmer’s novels describing the histories of the post-national “Hive” and “Bash” organisational structures
elasdx - Kubernetes-friendly ElasticSearch index template update, reindex and cleanup tool
unsubscan - Find unsubscribe links in your inbox
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komorebi v0.1.37 "RAHAF" is out
As always, there's a relaxing video with demos and high level explanations of new features
If you donate to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund in May or June, DM me a screenshot of your donation and I'll do my best to match it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuR1-w-rLZI
#rust #windows #komorebi #software #youtube
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If you have negative voices telling you that nobody will pay for your niche software, this post is for you
In less than 5 months, komorebi, the tiling window manager for Windows, now has 49 active individual commercial use license subscriptions
Edit:
I woke up this morning and that number is now at a nice round 50 ♥️
There is an active license count tracker along with an automatically updated wall of testimonials here if you would like to keep an eye on the journey to 100 - https://lgug2z.com/software/komorebi
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Green Card holders in the US, are you going to risk traveling abroad and attempting to re-enter this year?
I have personally postponed (indefinitely) a trip to see my family in Europe after reading about how Green Card holders are being targeted both in the US and at border control points
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My highlights also include opinions and views that I disagree with; they should not be read as endorsements, or considered indicative of my own personal beliefs
Yep. I arrived at a similar conclusion.
Life is hard, but doing The Work (in whatever subject(s) that is for you) is one way to find solace and unmediated joy. It’s not just any work (hence the capitalization), but work that is good for me to do. I can apply myself to a challenge, work with other …
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This insightful comment puts together many of the pieces that others have been sort of fumbling around. Ironic that it’s currently at the very bottom of the tree of 49 comments.
It’s just another enshittification story, isn’t it? StackExchange.com was a product in search of a business model, driven …
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Everyone is blaming AI, and it's undoubtedly a factor.
But also, the culture of Stack Overflow has changed significantly over the years. It used to be a place where anyone could ask a question and get help with a problem ... and it was amazing.
Today, you're far more likely to have your question …
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On the "Threads" app I got very similar experience, a lot of breastfeeding erotica and other weird adult content that made me feel I'm doing something illegal.
Also, their algorithm must be assessing human features too because at some point Instagram started showing me women with ever largest …
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This feels representative of our times: Using chatbots to power a gig economy of para-social relationships for lonely people short on real in-person interactions.
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The experience of passive consumption (cable TV, tiktok, etc, pointed out in another comment here) is essentially the experience of psychological obliteration.
When you get sucked into reels, you go from "here" to "there," and in the process, while you are "there," your entire whole self is …
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Everyone is blaming AI, and it's undoubtedly a factor.
But also, the culture of Stack Overflow has changed significantly over the years. It used to be a place where anyone could ask a question and get help with a problem ... and it was amazing.
Today, you're far more likely to have your question …
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Effective error messages are one of my platonic ideals about how documentation is supposed to work. The docs shouldn't be shoved off to the side. They should appear just-in-time, when you need them. If you can fix the error within the product (e.g. when Rust tells you exactly how to fix the typo), …
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On the "Threads" app I got very similar experience, a lot of breastfeeding erotica and other weird adult content that made me feel I'm doing something illegal.
Also, their algorithm must be assessing human features too because at some point Instagram started showing me women with ever largest …
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AI will disrupt filmmaking. But not like Netflix disrupted Blockbuster. More like spam disrupted email. A flood, not a revolution. Volume without vision. Output without ordeal.
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It is ironic that people so often “contrast” the rising popularity of the four-day school week with the relatively slow uptake of the four-day work week.
The four-day school week is driven ENTIRELY by teachers wanting shorter weeks. It’s a (arguably short-sighted) labor demand.
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This insightful comment puts together many of the pieces that others have been sort of fumbling around. Ironic that it’s currently at the very bottom of the tree of 49 comments.
It’s just another enshittification story, isn’t it? StackExchange.com was a product in search of a business model, driven …
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It is ironic that people so often “contrast” the rising popularity of the four-day school week with the relatively slow uptake of the four-day work week.
The four-day school week is driven ENTIRELY by teachers wanting shorter weeks. It’s a (arguably short-sighted) labor demand.
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The main issue I see is that papers are actually becoming so focussed on form that they are now unreadable. People prefer reading my blog for my papers than reading the papers themselves. In fact I hear people telling me they understood the blog _better_. The whole academic writing shtick has become …
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> Sarah: Built a fusion reactor at 16. Now? Debugging fintech payment systems.
It's striking to imagine a fully functional fusion reactor that could benefit humanity, yet its creator now focuses on fintech payment systems. This highlights the importance of a strong middle class, which seems to be …
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I struggle to relate to this. I have aphantasia, which means I can’t see anything in my mind’s eye.
This is most painful when I try to “imagine” my wife’s face, my family, friends, favorite parts of nature, etc, but am left with nothing.
For me, this means that I struggle to remember things from my …
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Most relationships do not survive being ripped away from the spatial and temporal context in which they were cultivated. How many of your middle school, high school and even college buddies do you still have a relationship with?
I think there's some stigma with confronting the fact that relationships …
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July 5th through September in Seattle are a dream; incredibly long days, dry but not too hot. The sun never sets. I've been a lot of places on the planet and PNW summers are uniquely great.
However, during the winter it's dreary, it's dark by noon, and every year around October the raven comes …
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