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Some decisions require comparing multiple options where it’s not immediately apparent which is best. One common way of doing that is to list the pros and cons of each option. For example, option A lists low latency as a pro, while option B lists high throughput as a pro. But do you know what throughput option A provides? Not being explicit makes it easy to make assumptions and ignore crucial comparisons.
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Conquer dev environments with Nix

I regularly use different devices with different OSs, such as a MacBook, a Windows desktop with WSL, a couple of Raspberry PIs, and so on. I have a bunch of tools I like to have at my fingertips when I log into a machine, like fd and Neovim. Setting up and maintaining the same configuration across all of my machines using different package managers was painful enough that I just reverted using default tools with no customization in the past.

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From Gatsby to Hugo: a Markdown minimalist's journey

I have been using Gatsby for my blog and I have never been fond of it’s complexity considering that all I need is Markdown rendering. Trying to update Gatsby and its dependencies to the latest version was painful enough to motivate me to jump ship. After looking at what’s out there, I settled for Hugo. As I will inevitably forget all about it in a month’s time, I am writing this post to remind myself of how the whole thing works.

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