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<channel>
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<title>Squibid's Blog</title>
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<description>My blog.</description>
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<language>en-us</language>
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<link>http://squi.bid/blog/rss.xml</link>
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<title>Why "suckless" software is important</title>
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<guid>https://squi.bid/blog/Why-"suckless"-software-is-important/index.html</guid>
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<link>https://squi.bid/blog/Why-"suckless"-software-is-important/index.html</link>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 20:22:27 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>'Why "suckless" software is important'</title>
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<meta name="date" content="2024/01/14">
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<body id="blog">
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<p>
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When it comes to learning how to program there are a few things you can
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do:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li>Read a textbook</li>
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<li>Watch videos</li>
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<li>Read some source code</li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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Of these options I find the best way to truly learn how to program is to
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read someone else's program and try and understand it. For example
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recently I've been working on my own
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<a href="https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu">dmenu</a> clone for Wayland.
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Throughout working on it instead of looking for tutorials on how to render
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a square using pixman I decided to take a look at
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<a href="https://github.com/djpohly/dtao">dtao</a> which is a clone of
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dzen for Wayland. By just reading the code and messing around with the
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program I was able to get an understanding for how rendering is done in
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pixman.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now you may be asking yourself something like: "But what does this have to
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do with suckless software?". The answer to that is in their philosophy
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which is about: "keeping things simple, minimal and usable". The idea of
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keeping things minimal and useable allows them to create wonderful
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programs that not only work, but also showcase how to do things without
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extra fluff that something like i3 might have.
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</p>
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<p>
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Even if you don't like suckless software it still serves as a great place
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to learn how to do the bare minimum. And for those who do enjoy using it,
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it can serve as a great starting place to hack upon until you get the
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software of your dreams.
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</p>
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</item>
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<title>What is a squibid?</title>
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<guid>https://squi.bid/blog/What-is-a-squibid/index.html</guid>
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<link>https://squi.bid/blog/What-is-a-squibid/index.html</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Oct 2023 12:47:05 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[<!DOCTYPE HTML>
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<html lang="en">
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<meta name="date" content="2023/10/30">
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<title>'What is a squibid?'</title>
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css">
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<link rel="stylesheet" href="/blog/style.css">
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<body style="background-color: #161617;">
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<p>
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Recently, a few people have been asking me: "what is a squibid?" or
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"where did your name come from?". In this blog post I will answer those
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questions.
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<br>
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<br>
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A few years ago I came up with a drawing of an animal
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reason to do anything with it, but regardless I chose to name it a
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squibid. Eventually, when trying to find a good username I chose squibid
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because that would cover both the username and profile picture.
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</p>
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<title>librex and dots</title>
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<guid>https://squi.bid/blog/librex-and-dots</guid>
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<link>https://squi.bid/blog/librex-and-dots</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2023 12:17:35 -0400</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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<p>
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Hello!
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<br><br>
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In my first post
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<a href="https://squi.bid/blog/state-of-the-site">state of the site</a> I
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talked about a searxng instance however I found something better! I am now
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running a <a href="https://github.com/hnhx/librex/">librex</a> instance @
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https://librex.squi.bid. My only modification to the site is changing the theme
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to the <a href="https://github.com/kvrohit/mellow-theme">mellow theme</a>.
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<br><br>
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As for my dots. I have continued to update my Neovim dotfiles, and I am
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currently in the process of making some MPV dot files. After I am done with
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my MPV config I'll get to work on putting together a git repo with my dotfiles
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(using submodules for the bigger parts of the config like Neovim).
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<br><br>
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I will also soon be setting up a Matrix account (not instance) but for now
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feel free to <a href="mailto:me@zacharyscheiman.com">email me</a>.
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<!-- secret message: there also might be some more blogs coming soon -->
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]]></description>
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<title>It's Alive!</title>
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<guid>https://squi.bid/blog/It's-Alive!</guid>
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<link>https://squi.bid/blog/It's-Alive!</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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<p>
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Cloning via http(s) now works!
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<br><br>
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btw I will be posting my dotfiles soontm
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</p>
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]]></description>
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<title>state of the site</title>
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<guid>https://squi.bid/blog/state-of-the-site</guid>
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<link>https://squi.bid/blog/state-of-the-site</link>
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<pubDate>Sat, 11 Mar 2023 15:00:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[
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<p>
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Hello o/, and welcome to my website!<br>
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As of right now I am still setting things up, I have a git server running but I am
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still working on getting cloning to work via https. On top of the git server I also
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have a cgit instance which I have gotten close to perfect (for some reason the site
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is only sometimes in darkmode).
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<br><br>
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As of right now that is all I've got running but I might be setting up a SearXNG
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instance soon.
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<br><br>
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However somethings that I will never put on my server are: <br>
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- social media frontend's eg: invious, and mastadon <br>
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- probably some other things that I can't think about right now <br>
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</p>
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