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Migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi

Hacker News Top · 2026-06-18 Cached

The author shares their experience migrating from GNU Stow to Chezmoi for managing dotfiles across multiple machines, citing Chezmoi's real-file approach and templating as key improvements.

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There's No Place Like $HOME: A 10 Journey of Vim, Then VS Code, and Back to Vim

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-06-17 Cached

A personal reflection on ten years of using Vim, switching to VS Code, and then returning to Vim, exploring the trade-offs between terminal-based editors and IDEs.

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Life is too short for a slow terminal

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-06-06 Cached

This article details practical techniques to speed up terminal startup by avoiding frameworks, caching completions, and lazy-loading tools, achieving a 30ms shell start.

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NNN Stack: NixOS, Niri, Noctalia

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-29 Cached

The NNN Stack combines NixOS, Niri compositor, and Noctalia shell to create a declarative, scrollable, and reproducible desktop environment, inviting users to contribute their dotfiles.

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omarchy is not a distro

Lobsters Hottest · 2026-05-24 Cached

A critical blog post argues that omarchy, DHH's Linux distribution, is not a real distro but merely his personal dotfiles on top of Arch Linux, bundled with proprietary software and personal keybindings.

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TIL: Symlinking NixOS Dotfiles

matklad · 2026-05-21 Cached

A developer shares a technique for symlinking dotfiles on NixOS using systemd-tmpfiles, without relying on home-manager or additional tools.

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