SUNCLAX
Backblaze, iCloud, Dropbox: Every Backup Wants a Subscription. Mine Runs on a Memory Card.
Backup apps want a monthly fee to hold your history hostage. Mine is restic — free, encrypted, writing to a card I already own.
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Personal notes — on code, tools, plans and whatever else is on my mind.
Obsidian Was the Right First Step. Then Emacs Changed My Life.
Every note app is selling you AI over your own notes right now. If you moved to Obsidian, you already dodged the trap that makes that…
Technology Isn’t Too Fast. We’re Too Slow.
We talk about technology like it’s a runaway train — too fast, can’t keep up, leaving us behind. I’ve come to believe the opposite. The…
Obsidian Is Brilliant. I Use It as a Finder.
Obsidian is the most powerful note app most people will ever touch — backlinks, graph, plugins, PARA done beautifully. It’s installed on my…
I Stopped Exporting My Garmin Runs. Now I Just Ask AI.
I run and I cycle, and my watch records everything — pace, heart rate, elevation, every split of every kilometer. The data has never been…
Vim, Emacs, and 24 Years of Not Picking a Side
Every few weeks the editor war flares up again. Vim or Emacs. Pick a tribe, defend it, mock the other. I’ve watched this argument run for…
I Wiped My MacBook on Purpose. One Command Brought It All Back.
Most dotfiles repos are a pile of symlinks and a hopeful install.sh. Mine rebuilds a whole MacBook — apps, system settings, secrets, and…
I Carried a Moleskine for Years. Then I Switched to Plain Text.
For years my routine lived in a Moleskine. Every morning, three things I wanted to get done. Every Friday, a short reflection. Every month…
Every Subscription Tracker Wants a Subscription. Mine’s a Text File.
A few years ago I added up my subscriptions for the first time and felt a little sick. Not because any single one was expensive — because…
A Graveyard in Plain Text: Visiting More Than Once a Year
This is a hard thing to write about, so I’ll keep the feelings short and spend most of the words on the part I can actually explain: how I…
