In 2015 I got rid of everything I owned that didn’t fit in a laptop backpack, and I’ve been living at this level of minimalism since. The idea is to only own what I need, which allows me to focus more, spend less, travel spontaneously and simplify my life.

It doesn’t matter what the project is; it matters that it is.

You don’t need to know where it’s going to lead. For that matter, it doesn’t have to lead anywhere. Nothing ever has to come of it. It’s ok if this project never even exists, as far as anyone else is concerned. Failure isn’t failure; it’s part of the process. It’s done when you’re done with it.

So whatever your side project is: I encourage you to pick it up, and let that part of you exist (again).

A Genealogy of Technology and Power Since 1500

Very detailed visualisation of technology, science and culture that lead to the current state of world.

Using static analysis, it finds bugs and performance issues, offers simplifications, and enforces style rules.

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Explore live radio by rotating the globe.

Create an infinite amount of straightforward and readable git manual pages.

Service that generates random man pages mocking Git’s dense documentation style.

OLLOS is an experiment that organizes everything in my personal computing environment on one unified timeline.

Автор обсуждает использование git для управления проектами и проблемы с ним, а так же рассматривает альтернативы.

EditorConfig helps maintain consistent coding styles for multiple developers working on the same project across various editors and IDEs. The EditorConfig project consists of a file format for defining coding styles and a collection of text editor plugins that enable editors to read the file format and adhere to defined styles. EditorConfig files are easily readable and they work nicely with version control systems.

A holistic approach to computing and sustainability inspired from permaculture. Permacomputing is about using computation only when it has a strengthening effect on ecosystems.

• Design For Disassembly

• Design For Encapsulation

• Design For Descent

Personal goals are generally expected to happen later.
The reason it’s hard to get going on personal goals is that you’re already using all of your time. No matter who you are, you’re already using all 24 hours, every day, for something. Because this will always be true, goals that happen at all must happen now, while you still don’t yet have time.
Basically, you learn to work in small, uniform parcels of time. They’re short, timer-bound, and unwaveringly focused on a particular outcome. Most importantly, they can fit into real life, as it already is.

When perpetual avoidance is allowed, this familiarity never develops, and the kryptonite effect entrenches itself. The activity in question, however innocuous to everyone else, seems to wither your power and confidence whenever you get too close. Only by getting close despite the effect, and experiencing what dancing, algebra, or working with puff pastry is all about — rather than simply reacting to your old, scorned-outsider’s thoughts about it — can you neutralize the effect.