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+  <title>'Why "suckless" software is important'</title>
+  <meta name="date" content="2024/01/14">
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+  <body id="blog">
+    <p>
+      When it comes to learning how to program there are a few things you can
+      do:
+    </p>
+    <ol>
+      <li>Read a textbook</li>
+      <li>Watch videos</li>
+      <li>Read some source code</li>
+    </ol>
+    <p>
+      Of these options I find the best way to truly learn how to program is to
+      read someone else's program and try and understand it. For example
+      recently I've been working on my own
+      <a href="https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu">dmenu</a> clone for Wayland.
+      Throughout working on it instead of looking for tutorials on how to render
+      a square using pixman I decided to take a look at
+      <a href="https://github.com/djpohly/dtao">dtao</a> which is a clone of
+      dzen for Wayland. By just reading the code and messing around with the
+      program I was able to get an understanding for how rendering is done in
+      pixman.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Now you may be asking yourself something like: "But what does this have to
+      do with suckless software?". The answer to that is in their philosophy
+      which is about: "keeping things simple, minimal and usable". The idea of
+      keeping things minimal and useable allows them to create wonderful
+      programs that not only work, but also showcase how to do things without
+      extra fluff that something like i3 might have.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+      Even if you don't like suckless software it still serves as a great place
+      to learn how to do the bare minimum. And for those who do enjoy using it,
+      it can serve as a great starting place to hack upon until you get the
+      software of your dreams.
+    </p>
+  </body>
+</html>