Vim is big; so big that it does some very useful things that are often overlooked. Plugins can buy us a lot of functionality, but they can add a lot of burden in the form of dependency complexity. In this talk, we'll explore some of the tradeoffs we can make…

Benno Rice

https://2019.linux.conf.au/schedule/presentation/156/

systemd is, to put it mildly, controversial. As a FreeBSD developer I decided I wanted to know why.

I delved into the history of bootstrap systems, and even the history of UNIX and other…

As an Emacs user, few things are as delightful as catching my favorite text editor out in the wild. It doesn’t happen often though – Emacs is niche, and pop culture rarely gives it a nod. This post tracks down every one I know of (as of June 2026), and I’ll…

https://zennotes.org/
https://github.com/ZenNotes/zennotes

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Tech I use (affiliate links):
- MacBook Pro M5 Max https://amzn.to/4vyl17a
- Apple Studio Display https://amzn.to/4oy5nVs
- Kinesis Advantage 360 https://amzn.to/48yt5uC
- Logitech MX Vertical…

This is a short little video I made over a year ago that ended up on the cutting room floor. But, since I’m currently in the middle of VCFSW recovery, I figured I’d dust it off and upload it for this week. Sorry for it being so short, but I’ll catch y’all…

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