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AstroLightz

@ AstroLightz @lemmy.world

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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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  • No Claude? No problem! Just ask one of the many other LLMs for the answer. Easiest million ever!

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  • What is the number one problem you are facing?

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  • I want to code, but I don't know what to make that I would actually use.

  • What is your absolute favorite joke?

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  • I have a joke about piping to /dev/null, but you wouldn't get it.

  • 404: Room Not Found

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  • How OP probably felt:

  • What are some of your favourite developer tools?

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  • A shell script to create shell scripts.

    Basically, it takes a file name, then creates a .sh file, and puts the shebang #!/use/bin/env bash into it.

    Very simple, yet it saves me from having to manually do it every time.

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  • I've had it for as long as I can remember, so I'm pretty used to it. However, sometimes it gets really bad for a bit and it's annoying.

    I'm not too bummed about not experiencing true silence as I listen to music most of the time anyway.

  • What are some of your favourite developer tools?

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  • Shell scripts. The power of automation is amazing.

  • Say you have some downtime with no obligations today. What are you going to spend your free time doing?

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  • Programming and playing games

  • let's get controversial with the holiday question's.

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  • "Any object or objects that is "sandwiched" (i.e. surrounded in the middle) by another object or objects can be classified as a sandwich."

    Tacos, hotdogs, burritos, hell even sushi, are all sandwiches.

  • What do you use for your personal photos/videos backups? Cloud service? Local external drive? Etc

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  • I don't have photos or videos worth keeping, so I don't back them up. If the data gets lost, oh well. ¯(ツ)/¯

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  • One of my main projects (framed_text) is pretty much complete and now has entered maintenance mode, where I'll mainly fix bugs and only add something if I need it.

    However, I've started work on a Logging Python package that allows for full customization of the log text (How its structured), whether to log it to the console, a file, or both. Plus a timer for timing code execution (TBD).

    Mainly making it for my sake, but I'll upload it anyway in case someone else wants to use it. (That's basically my programming philosophy)

  • You're immortal and sent back to Dec 1945. How do you survive until modern day?

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  • Hide in a cave for an eternity then. If no one knows I exist, then I live forever.

  • What are you up to today?

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  • Chilling after a long day of programming. Piano music helps to destress from the work.

  • What's something interesting (to you) you'd like to share about your current hyperfixation/obsession? (Infodump safespace for both neurotypicals and neurodivergents)

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  • When writing BASH scripts:

    • The .sh extension isn't necessary.
    • Using /usr/bin/env bash is better than /bin/bash as not everyone has their bash located in bin.
    • Try to use local variables when you can. If you use global variables that won't be used anywhere else, unset them at the end of your script.
    • Don't use set -euo pipefail. It will only cause more issues down the road.
    • Functions are your friend. If your repeating code, put it in a function.

    These are some of the tips I learned while learning bash.

  • What is your favorite type of visual art?

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  • Fractals, or any type of recursion.

    The results can be beautiful. My favorite part is knowing some type of formula makes up the image.

  • How do you say lmao?

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  • I just spell every acronym, so "lmao" becomes "l-m-a-o".

  • You have 3 movies or TV shows to use to craft a world you would love to live in. What are they?

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  • All anime, but:

    • Frieren: The world itself
    • To your eternity: Fushi's powers
    • ODDTAXI: Animals replace all humans and human-like species

    (ODDTAXI animals, but not just a mental condition)

    I think it would be an interesting world for exploration and adventuring

  • Pi day is behind us, but I don't care. What is your favorite pie, sweet or savory?

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  • The Programmer's Pie. It's a lot like Shepherd's Pie, but for programmers.

    (My other valid answer: Lemon Meringue Pie)

  • What is a big internal debate within a fandom or hobby you are a part of that outsiders probably wouldn't care about?

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  • Programming and Linux. Oh boy, what to pick...

    Terminal text editors: VIM vs Emacs is the main debate there. (There are others but these are ones people argue the most about)

    Linux Distros: Arch, Debian, Mint, CachyOS, ...

    Init Systems: Systemd vs OpenRC. Honestly, probably the most toxic debate on this list.

    Programming Languages: Python, Shell, but the heated one is C vs Rust

    A non-exhaustive list of ones I couldn't think of a category for:

    • Tiling vs Floating Window Managers
    • Chromium vs Gecko-based browsers
    • Bash vs Zsh vs Fish

    I love computers and Linux, but man, the amount of toxic in-fighting and gatekeeping is a real turnoff. Just use what you want. At the end of the day, we are all nerds doing what we love.