If you’ve ever built something from source, you’ve probably seen a makefile. If you’re anything like me, you probably wonder what exactly is a makefile? The answer is quite simple actually. It’s a todo list for the make command. The make command does what it says on the tin: it makes things. Or really it builds things. But in order to know how to build something it needs instructions, which is where the makefile comes in.

So, if you’ve been here before, you may notice there’s a new coat of paint. Okay, sure, I used the same colors, but the design is new. I’ve been working on making the code for this blog a little better, while making the front page a little more useful. I’ve created a new about page, a new support page, and a new contact page. I’ve also added in a page that will always display the latest videos from the channel.

For the vast majority of 2025, I was a very happy Hyprland user. In fact, there is so much about Wayland and Hyprland specifically that I really enjoy, that if you’d asked me a few weeks ago if I’d ever switch back to X11, I’d have said absolutely not. The thing is, this is Hyprland we’re talking about. And while it has gotten way better than it had been when it comes to stability, it isn’t perfect.

If you’re interested in having one (or more) workspace(s) on Hyprland that is floating only for any window that is spawned there, simply put this into your hyprland.conf: windowrule = float, workspace:5 windowrule = size 800 600, workspace:5 windowrule = center, workspace:5 Note that this works for Hyprland v 0.50 and above, before that the option would be windowrulev2 I have this set up for my workspace number 5, as you see above.

I love file managers. The first post on this site was about a file manager. I’ve made many videos about file managers over the years. I’ve actually been going through a bit of upheaval with file managers on Linux lately. For years, I used Krusader. I love Krusader, it has a ton of features, and is just about everything I would ever want in a file manager. Lately, however, I’ve uninstalled all the graphical file managers on my system and have been using Ranger instead.

Back a few months ago, I was truly awed by Nextcloud. It does a lot, has a ton of extensibility, looks nice, and has so much potential to replace so many Google products. I thought, at the time, that I’d be using it constantly for all sorts of things. I thought I’d use it in place of Google Photos, Keep, Google Drive, pCloud, Google Forms, and maybe even Google Docs.

I’ve been using Proton mail for almost a year now. For the most part, it has been great. I’ve thrown myself into the Proton ecosystem, using Pass, Calendar, and of course, Email. I also had tentative plans to move my VPN needs to Proton instead of re-upping Mullvad in the fall. On one hand, the ecosystem is fantastic. It all works well together, and does almost all the things I want it to do.

If you don’t follow my personal blog, you may not know this, but I’ve been conned into trying Emacs again. Okay, maybe conned is the wrong word. More like suckered into a bet. Goaded into it. One of my friends on the Discord was talking shit about openSUSE. That somehow ended up with him using openSUSE and me using Emacs. The first person to give up loses the bet. I’ve now been using vanilla Emacs for over a week, and I have a few things I actually like.

One of the most important things I’ve learned in my 40 years on Earth is Markdown. Now, I know that seems like a big thing to say, and it is. But I really do think that it’s true. I use this every single day. Now I do a ton of writing and all the stuff I do for work is written in Markdown, so maybe I’m just biased. But for everyday people, I think some knowledge of Markdown is very important.

Spoilers Ahead.