Hobbyist developer, Linux enthusiast, and Arch Linux user.

“The only things constant in this world are death and taxes, I’ve got both!”Skeleton Merchant, Terraria

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Cake day: 2023年6月29日

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  • This is an extreme example if you really want something like an old, ‘dumb’ phone from the past while still using modern hardware:

    • Remove any non-essential apps to making a call or text. I would only keep F-Droid to keep your launcher up to date (unless there’s a built-in updater)
    • Replace your current launcher with something more minimal like Minimo Launcher
    • Optional: Install a game (Just one!) like Breakout 71 for something to do on your break (Like how old phones had a game to play)
    • Disable all notifications not related to phone or text
    • Disable Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, All Location Services, anything that isn’t essential to making a call or text.

    EDIT: forgot to add:

    • Only re-enable Wi-Fi for updating your launcher and/or game. Disable when you’re done.

    Congratulations, you’ve successfully ‘dumb downed’ your smartphone.












  • Sure, a few projects I’ve been working on:

    • framed_text: A Python package that adds some utilities I frequently use in my projects, such as Status message, Data with labels, and messages surrounded by a frame. (Inspired by prompt_toolkit’s choice frames)
    • play-music: A CLI music wrapper for VLC & MPV. Mainly just a way to play files and directories/playlists without having to type their paths by using saved IDs.

    I have a few other public repos on my Codeberg page, and a few private ones that are more tailored to my specific system. I have a lot of scripts that are not in any repos that are just one-off things like extracting data from a CSV file.