Developer setups are earned, but they are scattered and hard to discover.
Inspired by esport pro settings sites, cfgs.dev is a small directory for exploring how other developers actually work.
Browse freely. Claim your setup if you want.
https://jakegoldsborough.com/blog/2026/cfgs-dev-a-directory-for-developer-setups/
Made a wrapper script for flac(1) because you can't configure defaults (e.g. "use compression level 8 if none is given on the command line, not the hard-coded default of 5") and whipper (the CD ripper I'm using) doesn't let you choose a level or customize the flac command line either.
This is stupid, but at least it's possible to work around it.
Edit: This is now a blog post:
https://scy.name/blog/2026/02/flac-wrapper-default-compression-level.html
![Terminal screenshot. Python code follows.
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os
import sys
import syslog
from argparse import ArgumentParser
# Create an ArgumentParser that doesn't claim -h/--help.
parser = ArgumentParser(add_help=False)
# Parse all of the compression level options.
for level in range(9):
argnames = [f"-{level}", f"--compression-level-{level}"]
# Additional aliases for -0 and -8.
if level == 0:
argnames.append("--fast")
elif level == 8:
argnames.append("--best")
# Store the requested level in the "level" argument.
parser.add_argument(*argnames, dest="level", action="store_const", const=level)
# Parse the compression level.
args, _rest = parser.parse_known_args()
# Create new argv by prepending -8 if no compression level is set.
argv = (["-8"] + sys.argv[1:]) if args.level is None else sys.argv[1:]
# Log what we're doing. Can be viewed with:
# journalctl --user -t flac-wrapper
syslog.openlog(ident="flac-wrapper", facility=syslog.LOG_USER)
syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_INFO, "will call flac with: " + " ".join(argv))
syslog.closelog()
# exec() the real flac.
os.execv("/usr/bin/flac", argv)](https://files.mastodon.social/cache/media_attachments/files/115/964/932/898/229/551/original/3e9ae503be41ac5f.png)
If you're anything like me, you don't just sit there and see how all of the pieces are supposed to fit together in your mind, and a PhD, or a bartender, or ChatGPT couldn't explain it to you in words; you figure it out through trial and error. If you're like me, you get way further way faster by copying people who already know what they're doing, especially in the beginning. The more people you can copy and Frankenstein their ideas together, the better. That's true for me, anyway; I make at least some progress at some rate and in some direction that isn't backwards by doing that, unlike trying to figure out nearly everything off-rip, and also unlike the counsel of so-called AI. This post is about open source software. There's this really cool trick you can do in Nix that I use constantly. I've only seen it once; it was this guy's repo for his NixOS setup that hadn't been updated in years. That's just one example, and there are many, and a lot of them are not specific to Nix or NixOS by any means. This is why open source matters. We need more people like that guy.
He subido mis dotfiles de Neovim y Zsh por si a alguien le sirve.
@lymenzies It is AwesomeWM (https://awesomewm.org/) โ it is configurable with Lua and has some batteries included. My configuration: https://codeberg.org/evgandr/dotfiles/src/branch/master/utils/awesome/.config/awesome
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DotR (A dotfiles manager as dear as a daughter) is stable now!
๐๐ค Ah, the pinnacle of tech evolution: a #GitHub repo promising to revolutionize programming with #dotfiles and AI buzzwords. ๐ฅฑ Because what could be more cutting-edge than automating your to-do list and pretending it's "evolved" programming? ๐๐ก
https://github.com/kulesh/dotfiles/blob/main/dev/dev/docs/programming-evolved.md #techhumor #AIautomation #programminginnovation #HackerNews #ngated
Just published my first #ZSH plugin: zsh-jumper ๐ฆ
Fuzzy-jump to any word on your command line. Faster than arrow keys through long command commands.
Ctrl+X / โ pick word โ cursor jumps there
Works with #fzf, skim, peco etc
[Dotter - dotfile์ ์ผ๊ด๋๊ฒ ๊ด๋ฆฌํ๊ธฐ ์ํ Rust ๊ธฐ๋ฐ ์ค์ ํ์ผ ๋งค๋์
Dotter๋ Rust๋ก ๊ฐ๋ฐ๋ ์๋ก์ด dotfile ๊ด๋ฆฌ ๋๊ตฌ๋ก, ๋จ์ํ symlink ๋ฐฉ์์ ๋์ด ํ ํ๋ฆฟ ๋ ๋๋ง, ๋์ ์ค์ ๋ณ๊ฒฝ, ์ ์ธ์ ์ค์ ํ์ผ ๊ด๋ฆฌ ๋ฑ์ ํตํด ์ฌ์ฉ์ ํ๊ฒฝ ๊ฐ ์ผ๊ด์ฑ ์๋ ์ค์ ๊ด๋ฆฌ๋ฅผ ์ ๊ณตํ๋ค. ๋ค์ํ ์ด์ ์ฒด์ ์์ ์ค์น ๊ฐ๋ฅํ๋ฉฐ, CLI๋ฅผ ํตํ ๋ฐฐํฌ, ๋๋๋ฆฌ๊ธฐ, ๊ฐ์ ๋ฑ ์์ ํ ์ํฌํ๋ก์ฐ๋ฅผ ์ง์ํ๋ค.
New configuration manager in town! ๐จ๐
๐ **dotstate** โ A modern & secure dotfile manager TUI
๐ฏ Sync configs via GitHub, manage profiles, auto-handle symlinks and keep backups.
๐ฆ Written in Rust & built with @ratatui_rs
โญ GitHub: https://github.com/serkanyersen/dotstate
โก๏ธ Website: https://dotstate.serkan.dev
#rustlang #ratatui #tui #dotfiles #terminal #devtools #productivity #opensource
๐จ NEW VIDEO: The Windows Exodus Has Begun.
2025 was the breaking point. Forced hardware retirement and intrusive AI have sparked a mass migration to GNU/Linux. In this video, I explore:
๐ The data behind the 3.20% Steam high.
๐ช๐บ How the EU is saving millions by ditching Microsoft.
๐ก๏ธ Why 2026 is the year of Digital Sovereignty.
Stop fighting your OS. Start owning it.
๐ด Full Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzdTgCXyRU
#TerminalTilt #WindowsExodus #Windows10 #Windows11 #Microsoft #WindowsEOL #Recall #Copilot #DigitalSovereignty #Privacy #DigitalPrivacy #NoAI #HumanMade #DeGoogle #EthicalTech #Autonomy #DataSovereignty #AntiSpyware #Telemetry #SurveillanceCapitalism #RightToPrivacy #Encryption #SoftwareFreedom #ExitWindows #Migration #LinuxGaming #GamingOnLinux #SteamDeck #Valve #Proton #Bazzite #SteamOS #HandheldGaming #PCGaming #ROGAlly #LegionGo #GamingCommunity #SteamHardwareSurvey #EWaste #Sustainability #RightToRepair #PlannedObsolescence #CircularEconomy #GreenTech #SaveThePC #Hardware #Environment #EUtech #PublicMoneyPublicCode #OpenStandards #SchleswigHolstein #GermanyTech #GovernmentIT #DigitalRights #Linux #GNUlinux #Debian #Trixie #FOSS #FLOSS #OpenSource #LibreOffice #Thunderbird #Nextcloud #SelfHosted #HomeLab #CLI #CommandLine #Terminal #Bash #FishShell #Dotfiles #SysAdmin #QueerTech #TransInTech #DisabledInTech #Accessibility #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #HumanContent #ContentCreator #SmallYouTuber #SmallStreamer #YouTube #IndieCreator #SupportIndependent #LinuxUser #Tech #TechNews #OperatingSystems
No one tells you just how much work goes into a small YouTube channel. For me, Terminal Tilt is a labor of love, but it is a massive undertaking:
Research and Writing: This is the largest portion. Not just diving into topics, but finding ones truly worth your time.
Filming and Privacy: I have chosen a "headless" approach (screen-only). It respects my privacy and helps me manage the workload, but it still requires a lot of setup.
Voiceovers: This is the hardest part for me. Managing social anxiety while recording is a constant hurdle, but it is one I am getting better at with every video.
Editing: I am currently spending 8โ12 hours per video (since last video). As I learn more techniques, the complexity grows, but so does the quality.
The small Stuff: Learning GIMP for thumbnails and managing promotion. Those little things really do add up.
I am disabled and currently navigating the long road to SSDI approval. My goal is to grow Terminal Tilt into something sustainable, a way to support myself while advocating for ethical, #NoAI, and #deGoogled technology. I am taking this seriously and I am having a lot of fun building this.
If you value independent, human-made tech content, there are a few ways to help keep the terminal open:
โถ๏ธ Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TerminalTilt
๐งก Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cw/TerminalTilt
โ Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/terminaltilt
Thank you all for the follows, the boosts, and the support. It means the world to have your backing as I build an independent channel focused on what actually works, not just what's trending.
#TerminalTilt #Linux #GNUlinux #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #Tech #Privacy #CyberSecurity #DigitalPrivacy #Debian #CommandLine #CLI #Terminal #Bash #FishShell #Dotfiles #Debian #Trixie #QueerTech #TransInTech #DisabledInTech #Accessibility #NoAI #HumanMade #DeGoogle #EthicalTech #Autonomy #SysAdmin #SelfHosted #HomeLab #Queer #LGBTQIA #LGBT #YouTube #ContentCreator #SmallStreamer #LinuxUser #IndieCreator #SupportIndependent #Mullvad #MutualAid #DisabilityMutualAid #QueerMutualAid
I slightly tweaked my utility for backing up configurations on Arch - DotSnap. Check out how it turned out:
https://github.com/metw0/DotSnap-CLI
#linux #archlinux #dotfiles #python #cli #opensource #unixporn #backup #sysadmin #programming #FOSS
Over time I've accumulated tmux bindings, zsh aliases, neovim mappings - scattered across a dozen files. I know I set something up, but where?
So I built confhelp. Fuzzy search all bindings, select one, opens editor at exact line. Done.
pip install confhelp
Alright, time for me to quit thinking about this and actually do it now. Having said that, I want any and all reasonable advice from anyone who's done anything like this before, so by all meansโespecially if you've tried doing something like this and went wrong at some point, because I would really like to know what not to do.
I'm about to set up an external ssdโone of those orange LaCie drives that's borderline indestructible and also connects over USB C, so also pretty fast, for USB at leastโfor my home directory as well as some other things related to that.
Already on NixOS, so Home Manager is already there, so continue using it, obviously. Also planning on making a new user that is separate from my current one, and also keeping the current one as-is, just it case; new one will use systemd-homed unless I happen to run into some reason why that's doesn't work, which I doubt, but I should also assume that's a non-zero chance until after I've already done all of this; assuming that works, which it should AFAIK, I want LUKs encryption, and out of the three available options (for systemd-homed, which are ext4, btrfs, and XFS), I want either btrfs or XFS if only to try something new (haven't used either of them before, already using ext4), and I'll consider any reasonable argument one way or the other in terms of which is better and why. Current idea is that splitting the drive into two partitions and symlinking between them is probably the best move; I suspect I'll find out soon enough. I also want Git and nothing else, as opposed to whatever fancy dotfiles manager; I'll make the few symlinks I'll actually need myself.
Thoughts?
Ah, the modern developer's dream: managing #dotfiles over #SSH with a tool named after a bowel movement ๐ฉ. Because who doesn't want to spend their precious time on #GitHub wrangling volatile configurations instead of, you know, writing actual code? ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ง
https://github.com/FOBshippingpoint/shittp #developer #tools #coding #humor #HackerNews #ngated
DotR - A dotfiles manager as dear as a daughter
โ
Stable for daily use
โ
Nice detailed documentation (see project wiki)
โ
Symlink or Copy, your choice
Give it a try if you are trying to find a nice way to back up and deploy your dotfiles on multiple machines.
https://github.com/uroybd/DotR
#Dotfiles #DotfilesManager #Rust #CLITools #Unix #Linux #MacOS
