The rockem sockem robots toy that signifies the competition between the chatbots compared in the article.

Claude vs. ChatGPT

I recently discovered Claude as an alternative chat bot that can be interfaced with via web browser and find it is offers some excellent features compared to ChatGPT that are worth considering for those working with these technologies that I go over in this article.

July 20th, 2023
doas v sudo

doas v sudo

A discussion about the sudo alternative doas comparing the two and why I switched to doas.

April 29th, 2023
Firefox userChrome.js Modification

Firefox userChrome.js Modification

A response to a Reddit question that surveys the world of Firefox userChrome.js customization which I have spent way too much time on.

March 15th, 2023
Portfolio Refresh

Portfolio Refresh

I have redesigned and updated my portfolio website, where this blog is hosted from. This post describes some of the new features and my motivation for this update.

January 30th, 2023

Installing Brave Browser on Void Linux

An inductive discussion about the means of accessing out-of-repo packages on Void Linux

December 28th, 2021

Vice Color Scheme

Behind much of my work that is personal or represents me in some way, I use a color scheme I designed for base16. This is a description of what it is and why I even went through the trouble of perfecting it.

December 26th, 2021

AwesomeWM Remember Geometry

Using client.connect_signal you can insure that after maximizing a window, it will be restored to its original size and position. Doing this doesn't require much in terms of code but is a quality of life feature you'll be glad to have.

September 1st, 2021

AwesomeWM Stack Layout

The bling library is great, but I find a lot of it is unnecessary for my uses and while I love the mstab layout, I don't love the tab bar it provides. Instead let's make our own layout without the tab bar or bloat!

September 1st, 2021

NeoVim Bleeding Edge Installation

A guide for how to set up NeoVim with all of its really awesome new features, like Lua configuration that makes NeoVim much faster and true rival to an IDE.

July 4th, 2021

Get the Git

A quick, down and dirty introduction to the Git version control system and its usage within thecontext of Github

September 5th, 2019