Status update post, 2019-10-17 Signed-off-by: Anirudh Oppiliappan <x@icyphox.sh>
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</image> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0</copyright> - <item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’m writing this article as I sit in class, back on the grind. Last + <item><title>Status update</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’ve decided to drop the “Weekly” part of the status update posts, since +they were never weekly and—let’s be honest—they aren’t going to be. +These posts are, henceforth, just “Status updates”. The date range can +be inferred from the post date.</p> + +<p>That said, here’s what I’ve been up to!</p> + +<h3 id="void-linux">Void Linux</h3> + +<p>Yes, I decided to ditch Alpine in favor of Void. Alpine was great, +really. The very comfy <code>apk</code>, ultra mnml system… but having to +maintain a chroot for my glibc needs was getting way too painful. And +the package updates are so slow! Heck, they’re still on kernel 4.xx on +their supposed “bleeding” <code>edge</code> repo.</p> + +<p>So yes, Void Linux it is. Still a very clean system. I’m loving it. +I also undervolted my system using <a href="https://github.com/georgewhewell/undervolt"><code>undervolt</code></a> +(-95 mV). Can’t say for sure if there’s a noticeable difference in +battery life though. I’ll see if I can run some tests.</p> + +<p>This <em>should</em> be the end of my distro hopping. Hopefully.</p> + +<h3 id="pycon">PyCon</h3> + +<p>Yeah yeah, enough already. Read <a href="/blog/pycon-wrap-up">my previous post</a>.</p> + +<h3 id="this-website">This website</h3> + +<p>I’ve moved out of GitHub Pages over to Netlify. This isn’t my first time +using Netlify, though. I used to host my old blog which ran Hugo, there. +I was tired of doing this terrible hack to maintain a single repo for +both my source (<code>master</code>) and deploy (<code>gh-pages</code>). In essence, here’s +what I did:</p> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/env bash</span> + +git push origin master +<span class="c1"># push contents of `build/` to the `gh-pages` branch</span> +git subtree push --prefix build origin gh-pages +</code></pre></div> + +<p>I can now simply push to <code>master</code>, and Netlify generates a build for me +by installing <a href="https://github.com/icyphox/vite">vite</a>, and running <code>vite +build</code>. Very pleasant.</p> + +<h3 id="mnmlwms-status"><code>mnmlwm</code>’s status</h3> + +<p><a href="https://github.com/minimalwm/minimal">mnmlwm</a>, for those unaware, is my pet project which aims to be a simple +window manager written in Nim. I’d taken a break from it for a while +because Xlib is such a pain to work with (or I’m just dense). Anyway, +I’m planning on getting back to it, with some fresh inspiration from +Dylan Araps’ <a href="https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm">sowm</a>.</p> + +<h3 id="other">Other</h3> + +<p>I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately. Finished <em>Kekkon Yubiwa +Monogatari</em> (till the latest chapter) and <em>Another</em>, and I’ve just +started <em>Kakegurui</em>. I’ll reserve my opinions for when I update the +<a href="/reading">reading log</a>.</p> + +<p>That’s about it, and I’ll see you – definitely not next week.</p> +]]></description><link>https://icyphox.sh/blog/2019-10-17</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://icyphox.sh/blog/2019-10-17</guid></item><item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description>< +(-95 mV). Can't say for sure if there's a noticeable difference in +battery life though. I'll see if I can run some tests. + +This _should_ be the end of my distro hopping. Hopefully. + +### PyCon + +Yeah yeah, enough already. Read [my previous post](/blog/pycon-wrap-up). + +### This website + +I've moved out of GitHub Pages over to Netlify. This isn't my first time +using Netlify, though. I used to host my old blog which ran Hugo, there. +I was tired of doing this terrible hack to maintain a single repo for +both my source (`master`) and deploy (`gh-pages`). In essence, here's +what I did: + +```shell +#!/usr/bin/env bash + +git push origin master +# push contents of `build/` to the `gh-pages` branch +git subtree push --prefix build origin gh-pages +``` + +I can now simply push to `master`, and Netlify generates a build for me +by installing [vite](https://github.com/icyphox/vite), and running `vite +build`. Very pleasant. + +### `mnmlwm`'s status + +[mnmlwm](https://github.com/minimalwm/minimal), for those unaware, is my pet project which aims to be a simple +window manager written in Nim. I'd taken a break from it for a while +because Xlib is such a pain to work with (or I'm just dense). Anyway, +I'm planning on getting back to it, with some fresh inspiration from +Dylan Araps' [sowm](https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm). + +### Other + +I've been reading a lot of manga lately. Finished _Kekkon Yubiwa +Monogatari_ (till the latest chapter) and _Another_, and I've just +started _Kakegurui_. I'll reserve my opinions for when I update the +[reading log](/reading). + +That's about it, and I'll see you -- definitely not next week.
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</image> <language>en-us</language> <copyright>Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0</copyright> - <item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’m writing this article as I sit in class, back on the grind. Last + <item><title>Status update</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’ve decided to drop the “Weekly” part of the status update posts, since +they were never weekly and—let’s be honest—they aren’t going to be. +These posts are, henceforth, just “Status updates”. The date range can +be inferred from the post date.</p> + +<p>That said, here’s what I’ve been up to!</p> + +<h3 id="void-linux">Void Linux</h3> + +<p>Yes, I decided to ditch Alpine in favor of Void. Alpine was great, +really. The very comfy <code>apk</code>, ultra mnml system… but having to +maintain a chroot for my glibc needs was getting way too painful. And +the package updates are so slow! Heck, they’re still on kernel 4.xx on +their supposed “bleeding” <code>edge</code> repo.</p> + +<p>So yes, Void Linux it is. Still a very clean system. I’m loving it. +I also undervolted my system using <a href="https://github.com/georgewhewell/undervolt"><code>undervolt</code></a> +(-95 mV). Can’t say for sure if there’s a noticeable difference in +battery life though. I’ll see if I can run some tests.</p> + +<p>This <em>should</em> be the end of my distro hopping. Hopefully.</p> + +<h3 id="pycon">PyCon</h3> + +<p>Yeah yeah, enough already. Read <a href="/blog/pycon-wrap-up">my previous post</a>.</p> + +<h3 id="this-website">This website</h3> + +<p>I’ve moved out of GitHub Pages over to Netlify. This isn’t my first time +using Netlify, though. I used to host my old blog which ran Hugo, there. +I was tired of doing this terrible hack to maintain a single repo for +both my source (<code>master</code>) and deploy (<code>gh-pages</code>). In essence, here’s +what I did:</p> + +<div class="codehilite"><pre><span></span><code><span class="ch">#!/usr/bin/env bash</span> + +git push origin master +<span class="c1"># push contents of `build/` to the `gh-pages` branch</span> +git subtree push --prefix build origin gh-pages +</code></pre></div> + +<p>I can now simply push to <code>master</code>, and Netlify generates a build for me +by installing <a href="https://github.com/icyphox/vite">vite</a>, and running <code>vite +build</code>. Very pleasant.</p> + +<h3 id="mnmlwms-status"><code>mnmlwm</code>’s status</h3> + +<p><a href="https://github.com/minimalwm/minimal">mnmlwm</a>, for those unaware, is my pet project which aims to be a simple +window manager written in Nim. I’d taken a break from it for a while +because Xlib is such a pain to work with (or I’m just dense). Anyway, +I’m planning on getting back to it, with some fresh inspiration from +Dylan Araps’ <a href="https://github.com/dylanaraps/sowm">sowm</a>.</p> + +<h3 id="other">Other</h3> + +<p>I’ve been reading a lot of manga lately. Finished <em>Kekkon Yubiwa +Monogatari</em> (till the latest chapter) and <em>Another</em>, and I’ve just +started <em>Kakegurui</em>. I’ll reserve my opinions for when I update the +<a href="/reading">reading log</a>.</p> + +<p>That’s about it, and I’ll see you – definitely not next week.</p> +]]></description><link>https://icyphox.sh/blog/2019-10-17</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://icyphox.sh/blog/2019-10-17</guid></item><item><title>PyCon India 2019 wrap-up</title><description><![CDATA[<p>I’m writing this article as I sit in class, back on the grind. Last weekend—Oct 12th and 13th—was PyCon India 2019, in Chennai, India. It was my first PyCon, <em>and</em> my first ever talk at a major conference! This is an account of the all the cool stuff I saw, people I met and the