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12 posts on design, software, and the tools I love.

2025

· gaming, review, extraction-shooter

Arc Raiders: Where Extraction Meets Friendship (and Chaos)

Why Arc Raiders became my go-to multiplayer game - proximity chat magic, co-op extraction thrills, and the best social shooter of 2025.

· nix, macos, dotfiles, formalconf, homebrew

From Nix to FormalConf: Why I Built My Own Config Manager

After months of frustration with Nix's isolation and endless configuration, I built FormalConf - a TUI for managing dotfiles, packages, and themes.

· gaming, review, fps

STRAFTAT: The Arena Shooter That Captured My Heart

Why STRAFTAT is my favorite free-to-play shooter - proximity chat chaos, retro aesthetics, and pure arena shooter bliss.

· ai, development, tools

Claude Code: My New Favorite Coding Companion

A personal review of Claude Code and the workflows that make it shine

· software, dev, opinion

Nix is the best package manager i've ever used

Nix is a package manager with a declarative nature.

2024

· opinion, software, gaming

Our experience with all Source Engine based games

The Source Engine is awesome!

· software, dev, opinion

Aider is awesome!

There are so many AI coders, yet Aider stands out.

· software, dev, opinion

Ghostty, My new daily driver

Ghostty is a new terminal, is it worth the hype?

· software, opinion

Deta Surf: The future of studying

Deta Surf is a new browser in closed alpha. Is it the future?

· gaming, linux

The current state of gaming on Linux

A look at the current state of gaming on Linux

· design, opinion

The fascinating evolution of design

Why the evolution of design is fascinating.

· design, opinion

Why are corporate designs getting worse?

Big companies are making their UX/UI design worse. Why is this happening?