<p>Taking backups is crucial in every single context. There is simply no situation where the lack of backups was beneficial. Such situations are always detrimental to people. Backups are also important for businesses, especially ones which are responsible for the lives of people, like hospitals.</p>
<p>Taking backups prevents data loss due to software or hardware errors. Even accidents have a minimal impact if you have a backup. It allows businesses to keep growing instead of being worried about recovering crucial client data. For public services like hospitals, being hit with ransomware is an extremely difficult moment. If the ransom is not paid immediately, it can result in loss of human lives. This is why you either have backups or lose money.</p>
<p>Losing precious memories hurts. Backups prevent this gut-wrenching scenario from ever occurring. With many spectacular backup solutions being free or cheap, there is absolutely no reason to take backups. If you work with new computers and devices regularly, then taking backups makes it easy to migrate and install multiple instances on new devices. This is especially easy with Linux systems due to the simple dotfile method. It also provides version control. If you have old versions of documents and files, it is easy to refer to previous examples for future work.</p>
<p>If there is one thing that people love about backups, it is the peace of mind you get knowing that you have an extremely low chance of losing your important data.</p>
<p>It does not matter if you are a normal person or a massive business; you should spend time and money to back up your data properly.</p>
<p>The 3-2-1 backup rule is a rule that many people recommend following to remember to take proper backups. Here is the meaning of each of the numbers:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Three Copies</strong>: The "3" in the rule means that you should at least three copies of your data. This includes your original data, so you should have at least your original data along with two other copies. The advantage of having these many copies is that it is the perfect balance of simplicity and redundancy.</li>
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<li><strong>One Off-site Copy</strong>: The "1" in the rule means that you should have at least one off-site copy. Off-site in this case means somewhere other than your main home or regular backup methods. This can be an encrypted external hard drive that you leave at your relative's house, for example.</li>
</ol>
<p>It is important to note that these rules are not a plan for everyone, and are instead meant as a base for your backup plans. The least important data that you own should at least be backed up using the base 3-2-1 backup plan.</p>
<p>When it comes to using Big Tech's invasive services, you have to be extremely careful since they do not respect your privacy at all. At the bare minimum, you should be encrypting the files you upload if they are even of a little importance to you.</p>
<p>A popular program for file and drive encryption is VeraCrypt. To learn how to use it in detail, <ahref="https://yewtu.be/watch?v=cxo8xosH_TI">watch this video</a>. The overall process goes like this:</p>
<ol>
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<li>Upload it wherever you want</li>
</ol>
<p>This makes it difficult to easily access your files from your phone or another device, but it is totally worth it for your privacy.</p>
<p>Services like Mega allow you to pay for more storage, just like Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox. There are privacy concerns with the latter three, however. ProtonDrive is also a good option, but it has had some controversy due to the <ahref="https://techcrunch.com/2021/09/06/protonmail-logged-ip-address-of-french-activist-after-order-by-swiss-authorities/">privacy concerns of ProtonMail</a>. However, I am comfortable recommending it.</p>
<p>BackBlaze is a backup program that is under the <ahref="https://opensource.org/license/mit/">MIT licence</a>. It works really well for most of their customers, so I am comfortable recommending it.</p>
<p>When you are using services you own, you have to make sure that you verify the integrity of your files. File corruption can happen on every platform, but it is much better to verify your files on your server since there may be issues with your setup that causes file corruption.</p>
<p>It is also important to keep a separate drive or storage medium on your services if possible. If anything happens to your main system, it becomes really easy to just wipe the system and install a new one, knowing that your data is safe.</p>
<p>You can also use sync services like Syncthing for small files that you need synced within all of your devices. I use it to sync my password manager and personal notes. It is encrypted and open-source software and works extremely fast. It is so fast that by the time I save a file and open my phone, the file is already updated. This prevents conflicts.</p>
<p>If you are taking offline backups, you should be careful with encrypting your data if you need it. You should first assess whether you need encryption or not. If you live in an area with a lot of robberies, encrypt it, as a robber who is smart enough may steal your drive.</p>
<p>Make sure to get an external hard drive or SSD from a reputable company like <ahref="https://www.westerndigital.com/products?filterByUseCaseName=Backups">Western Digital</a> or <ahref="https://www.samsung.com/us/computing/memory-storage/portable-solid-state-drives/">Samsung</a>.</p>
<p>By buying a product from a reputable company, you get a reliable product that lasts a long time.</p>
<p>While it is important to back up your data, it is also important to maintain your backups. At the end of every month, check your backups to see if your files are still intact. If a specific backup medium keeps showing corruption in files, move it to another drive immediately, since they can fail at any time.</p>
<p>While it is important to take backups, it is also important to make sure you are taking them properly. Follow the 3-2-1 backup rule. If you are using invasive services, encrypt all of your files before uploading them using a trusted piece of software like VeraCrypt.</p>
<p>Try to use services that you own as much as possible, to be completely independent. Make sure to have offline backups.</p>
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<p>I have heard great things about writing with fountain pens and decided to try one. I have recently purchased the Jinhao X750 and I have to say that I am not going back.</p>
<p>Buying a fountain pen elevated my writing experience. It is more about keeping in touch with an old lost art, that is writing. As an extreme technology user myself, using digital versions of literally everything, it is refreshing to write using a good tool and love writing again.</p>
<h2id="ink"><i class="fa fa-tint"aria-hidden="true"></i>What Ink Did You Use?</h2>
<p>I used the <ahref="https://www.pelikan.com/int/products/writing/supplies-accessories/156-inks/125-pelikan-4001-ink-glass-jar.html#gallery_125-3">Pelikan 4001</a> in black, and it is going great so far. I might use this pen for all my writing as it makes it a treat.</p>
<h2id="feel"><i class="fa fa-commenting"aria-hidden="true"></i>How Did It Feel?</h2>
<p>The first time I wrote with my pen, it felt like I had unlocked a new door in writing. It felt like I was writing something that would impact the world in some way, even though I was just writing my name. Every time I write using it, it feels like I am doing something extraordinary, rather than just doing it for the sake of it.</p>
<p>The art of customising what goes in your pen also really piqued my curiosity. The fact that I can choose what ink and converter I want to use makes me relieved, even though I most likely will never change my converter. I can use glow-in-the-dark ink, green ink, purple ink and much more in the same pen and can switch it at almost any time.</p>
<p>I would say that fountain pens are expensive up-front, but cheaper in the long run. You do not have to keep spending money like you would with ball-point pens or roller-balls.</p>
<p>If you are a developer, programmer or a coder who works with open-source software, you must have clicked this post in shock. First off, I would like to state that I am not telling everyone to stop making open-source software. What I am trying to say is that GitHub is one of the worst <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/git">Git</a> platforms to host your projects. We will cover why in this post.</p>
<p>Simply put, GitHub uses <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/non-free">non-free</a> software and <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/non-free">non-free</a> JavaScript on their website. It is shockingly ironic that the biggest open-source platform for anyone to use is itself a proprietary piece of software. It is also centralised, for-profit and politically active, which are all completely against free, libre and open-source software. These factors make it similar to SourceForge, which was abandoned by most of its users because of this very reason.</p>
<p>If everyone stops using GitHub and moves to better alternatives like <ahref="https://codeberg.org/">Codeberg</a>, <ahref="https://gitlab.com/">GitLab</a> or even a <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/self-host">self-hosted</a><astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/git">Git</a> instance, then GitHub will fall. Many people may be seething at me suggesting <ahref="https://gitlab.com/">GitLab</a>, but the truth is that <ahref="https://gitlab.com/">GitLab</a> is still open-source and uses free JavaScript instead of <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/non-free">non-free</a> JavaScript on their website. It is certainly not the best option, but it is miles ahead of GitHub.</p>
<p><ahref="https://codeberg.org/">Codeberg</a> is entirely <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/free-software">free software</a> and it is a great option for most people. It works in a similar way to GitHub so it is trivial for individuals to migrate. <ahref="https://sr.ht/">SourceHut</a> is also amazing. It is just as good as GitHub and much better for your rights. Self-hosting a <ahref="https://forgejo.org/">Forgejo</a> or <ahref="https://gitea.io/">Gitea</a> instance is one of the best options as it offers complete independence. <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/git">Git</a> is the underlying technology which anyone can use. Therefore, everyone should be independent in using it.</p>
<p>This is the reason I have a website. Everyone should have a website as it gives you independence on the web.</p>
<p>Microsoft's strategy against open-source has always been to embrace, extend and extinguish. They have tried to do it before with Linux when it was being popularized among developers. Now, they are using Copilot to do so, which is an AI tool that can autocomplete code for you. The main issue with it is that they trained it all on open-source code without giving any credit to the original developers. GitHub's Copilot is now being used to help code for-profit and close-source programs.</p>
<p>Essentially, this results in open-source programs being used to grow close-source programs.</p>
<p>Microsoft and GitHub's multiple CEOs have kept on speaking negatively about copyleft. This includes GitHub's founder and former CEO. <ahref="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAAlPXB2-c">Their OSCON keynote was meant for attacking copyleft and the GPL, trying to discourage the use of free software.</a> Instead, they suggest the MIT license using which many megacorporations exploit people's code without any credit.</p>
<p>There are many people who suggest using alternatives to products offered by big corporations and they are mostly right. Big corporations are able to give you free products because they profit off of your data. They are not trying to be kind.</p>
<p>For example, look at Google. They offer a search engine, documents storage, free email, cloud storage, a video site with billions of videos, a meeting platform and much more. They are not doing this to help people. They are doing this to harvest your data and sell it to the highest bidder.</p>
<p>Microsoft? Windows, Xbox and GitHub are not tools offered out of their sympathy towards you. All of it is for their own profit, whether it be collecting your data in Windows or preventing distribution of truly <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/free-software">free software</a> on GitHub.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-server"aria-hidden="true"></i>"Don't Do It Yourself!"</h2>
<p>GitHub is perhaps the only Git platform that has no option to <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="../definitions/self-host">self-host</a>. You do not know what is running on their servers and cannot know what is happening with your code.</p>
<p>Please don't use GitHub. Just use alternatives or self-host it. GitHub does have a lot of projects but if you use it, it brings them closer towards extinguishing open-source.</p>
<p>People often ask me why I choose minimal design for brands. This is because it has numerous practical advantages that provide ease and consistency in a brand.</p>
<h2id="requirements"><i class="fa fa-minus-circle"aria-hidden="true"></i>Focusing On The Requirements</h2>
<p>One of the main aspects of minimal design is that it focuses on only the required elements of a specific brand. As a result, design becomes distractionless. This is especially easy nowadays since almost no one cares about the meaning behind a logo except in rare cases.</p>
<p>Another advantage of this type of design is that it focuses on the core message, or in this case, brand type. Too much designing can confuse viewers on whether a brand is a playful brand or a luxury brand, for example.</p>
<p>Minimal design, especially in the realm of branding, makes a brand feel timeless. You could take almost any minimal design from 200 years ago and use it for your brand today if there were no limits on copying. On the other hand, a sophisticated design from even 50 years ago will look dated most of the time.</p>
<p>This works because the elements that cause a brand to look dated are reduced to an absolute minimum. With minimal design, you have as little correlation with time as possible in your brands.</p>
<p>Minimal design when performed properly can make any brand look elegant. This is due to their simple nature. Look at most luxury brands, and you will notice that their designs are all simple.</p>
<p>Minimal designs are also consistent. This makes it easy to make a strong and impactful brand that reminds viewers of you. This can also be achieved through other types of design, but it is more powerful on average with minimal design.</p>
<p>Such types of consistency also provide versatility. You can place your brand design in any context, screen size, device and media type while also maintaining a strong brand presence.</p>
<p>Many designs nowadays are complicated and provide barely any breathing space for your eyes. With minimal designs, however, you can rest easy. Your eyes will not be overwhelmed by minimal design as much as complicated designs.</p>
<p>This is useful on informational posts or flyers. It allows your users to process information clearly without any clutter.</p>
<p>Minimal designs often make use of negative space or whitespace to make a design look appealing. This can look spectacular if executed correctly. Below is an example:</p>
<divstyle="text-align:center;"><imgsrc="spade.webp"alt="A Spade Logo using whitespace properly"><figcaption>A Spade Logo</figcaption></div>
<p>If you find it difficult to maintain strong passwords, then this guide is the only article you need to refer to. In this article, I will talk about an amazing trick to remember and manage all of your passwords.</p>
<p>It goes without saying that passwords are incredibly important. It is undeniably important to make sure your passwords are:</p>
<ul>
<li>Strong</li>
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<p>The most common response I hear from people when I ask them to create a password system is:</p>
<p><em>"I think using the same password on all accounts is better because I don't have a good memory to use a password system."</em></p>
<p>That response always baffles me. The whole point of a password system is not to remember your passwords but to remember a ruleset that will be cemented into your brain after 3 or 4 times of entering your passwords.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-plus"aria-hidden="true"></i>How to Create a Password System</h2>
<p>As aforementioned, a password system is a set of rules that you need to remember instead of all of your passwords separately. An effective password system consists of the following elements:</p>
<ul>
<li>Master Password</li>
<li>Website/Service Differentiator</li>
</ul>
<p>The main format and order of a password system is completely managed by you. First, let us go over creating a master password.</p>
<p>I recommend this method of creating master passwords to anyone since the passwords that are created are easy to remember but practically impossible to guess.</p>
<h3>Step 1: Think of a good sentence</h3>
<p>Make sure it is long but easily memorable. The one which pops in your mind when someone asks you to think of a sentence is a perfect choice as long as it is of considerable length.</p>
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<h3>Step 4: Make your muscles learn it</h3>
<p>Do not proceed to the next section without doing this step. Recall the sentence in your mind and try to write the same password you got in the previous step. Do this at least 10 times. Wait a few hours, then do it again. Wait until you sleep and do it again. This may seem unnecesarry, but most people underestimate the power of muscle memory. If you login to an account regularly, then you type your password without even thinking about it. The same trick can be applied here.</p>
<p>After a while, you will be able to type your extremely long password without any effort. You just think about it and your mind glides through the keyboard. This is super useful.</p>
<h3><iclass="fa fa-bolt"aria-hidden="true"></i>The Service Differentiator</h3>
<h3>The Service Differentiator</h3>
<p>To make your password different for every website and service you go to, there needs to be a service differentiator. A service differentiator is a special combination of characters you add in your password system to make it unique to the service you are on. It is not very difficult to create a service differentiator and it is easier to remember.</p>
<p>The elements of a service differentiator are the name of the service and length of the name of the service. Below is an example of a name differentiator used for creating a Nextcloud account, Microsoft account and Google account respectively.</p>
<p><code>nextcLOUD!999</code></p>
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<p><code>googlE!666</code></p>
<p>As you can see, I added the name of the service in with the first 5 letter capitalized with an exclamation mark and the length of the service three times.</p>
<p>By this point, you can make your own service differentiator easily.</p>
<h3><iclass="fa fa-th-large"aria-hidden="true"></i>Creating Your Password System</h3>
<h3>Creating Your Password System</h3>
<p>It is finally time to integrate your master password into a password system. It is called a password <strong>system, </strong>which means that it is dynamic and changes for every website. A sample password system can be the following:</p>
<p>In my example's case, my Google account password would be:</p>
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<p>The password above is 40 characters, yes 40 characters long. No one will be able to guess it and it will take hundreds of centuries to crack. Best of all, it is different for each account.</p>
<p>You can mix the order up. Just make sure you don't keep changing the system and use one system. The best part is that if you need to change your passwords, you can just make another system that will work just as well. By that point, the previous system will be embedded into your brain. So, you can remember multiple strong passwords using this step.</p>
<p>Please note that this is not enough. If you have followed this guide, you have taken a massive step towards protecting your accounts. However, many cybercriminals rely on phishing attacks. Please do not click on random links and please do not enter your information on random websites.</p>
<p><em>“Ah, yes. Graphical-user interface (GUI) apps. They are so comfortable and easy to use. You just click some buttons and get your computer to do what you want.”</em></p>
<p>That was what I thought before I learned how spectacular terminal applications are. <strong>I do not use a calendar or email GUI app. I use its terminal equivalent.</strong> Specifically, I use Calcurse for my calendar/todo, neomutt for my email, sxiv for my image viewing, mpv for my video playing and even Joplin (CLI) for my notes. I am still actively looking for more apps like terminal file managers (lf, ranger, mc) and terminal versions of GUI apps I use (Bitwarden?). What compelled me to switch?</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-keyboard-o"aria-hidden="true"></i>The Right Tool For The Right Job</h2>
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<p>Firstly, I realized that apps that allow me to use my keyboard and reduce mouse usage to as little as possible saved me a lot of time. By a lot of time, I don't mean a few minutes. I mean hours in the long run. Moving your hand to your mouse and clicking a button takes at least three seconds. Multiply that hundreds of times a day and 365 days an year. That leads to a lot of time wasted just moving your hand to your mouse.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-plane"aria-hidden="true"></i>Fast. Very Fast.</h2>
<p>The speed of terminal apps have helped me get a lot more productive. Getting myself to start working immediately helped me a lot. I use Neovim for my text editor, and whenever I need to write text, its much faster to press a shortcut to open a blank file in Neovim than to open a GUI equivalent. It is also much faster to press a shortcut than to open my applications menu and search for my calendar app and wait a few seconds for the bloated app to open up. Terminal apps are just more lightweight. As a result, they operate faster and save me more than just a few seconds.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-laptop"aria-hidden="true"></i><em>"Professionals Have Standards"</em></h2>
<p>CLI apps are more standardized. With a GUI, the procedure for solving an issue or using the application's functionality is similar to this:</p>
<ol>
<li>Click 'button1' on the top right.</li>
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<li>Click on Apply and OK.</li>
</ol>
<p>This is the sole reason that you see the terminal being used so much in Linux. It's easier to say “Open your terminal and type this” than to blabber a long list of instructions that will become redundant if the application in question decides to change their UI in an update.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-low-vision"aria-hidden="true"></i>Run Them on a Potato!</h2>
<p>Due to the lightweight nature of the command line, your tools can run on just about any computer. It does not matter if your computer has a Pentium processor or a 12th-generation i9. GUI tools have system requirements and if it is a robust tool with a fancy interface, chances are that the requirements just for the app to look good knocks that tool off your app list on your 10-year-old computer.</p>
<p>While GUI apps are simple to use initially, your speed using the apps remains slow all the time. Sure, you may learn where every button is and be able to open any setting you want quickly, but that speed is nothing compared to one of a command line. With a command line, your speed is slower than a snail at first. However, after some time of using the program, you can do things at a similar speed as a GUI app.</p>
<p>If you daily-drive a terminal program, it takes only a few days for you to become faster at it than using a GUI program. After that, you will be able to understand your most used commands and use aliases to shorten them.</p>
<p>For example, if you view your free space regulary, instead of typing a 50-line command to print your free space, you can just alias that command to 'free-space'. Doing this will make it so that whenever you type 'free-space', it performs the aforementioned 50-line command and displays the output. This will save your more than just a few hours of time.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-sitemap"aria-hidden="true"></i>The Choices Never End!</h2>
<p>With terminal apps, you have a plethora of choices. I can almost guarantee that an app with functionality you wish existed does exist in the form of a command line application. There are obscure apps with spectacular functionality which can change your computing experience that you will miss out on if you stay away from the terminal.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-plus"aria-hidden="true"></i>Bathe In Possibilities!</h2>
<p>When it comes to GUI apps, you have to be honest. They do not have 100% functionality. It is simply implausible to fit every single function in a GUI app. Doing so would result in a lot of code to maintain, an extremely heavy app and a confusing layout. However, with a terminal app, all you have to do is type: </p>
<p><code>man command</code></p>
<p>or</p>
<p><code>command --help</code></p>
<p>and get the complete functionality of the app, all within less than 5% of the app size of its GUI equivalent.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-user"aria-hidden="true"></i>Skip The Middlemen</h2>
<p>All GUI apps are basically middlemen for the command line. They essentially use the command line for you. When you ditch the GUI and go straight for the terminal, you talk directly to the computer in a way in which the computer understands.</p>
<p>When people first look at the terminal, it becomes set in their mind that it is difficult to use and that mentality stays for an extraordinarily long time. Due to this, they never experiment or even open the terminal application. If they run into an issue which requires the use of the terminal to fix, they decide to just live with the issue instead of using the terminal. However, if people use the terminal for a few weeks, they realize that it outpaces almost every other GUI app in almost everything.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-times"aria-hidden="true"></i>Nothing is Perfect...</h2>
<p>... including terminal applications. Terminal applications are amazing. They allow me to do so much. However, there are extremely rare cases in which I have no choice but to use a GUI. This is if the GUI application in question requires you to use only their app. There are also some specific use-cases in which GUI apps just make more sense. Video editing, advanced photo manipulation and 3D modelling are great examples.</p>
<h2><i class="fa fa-book"aria-hidden="true"></i>To Sum It All Up...</h2>
<h2><svg class="heading2"xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"viewBox="0 0 24 24"><pathfill="currentColor"d="M6.012 18H21V4a2 2 0 0 0-2-2H6c-1.206 0-3 .799-3 3v14c0 2.201 1.794 3 3 3h15v-2H6.012C5.55 19.988 5 19.805 5 19s.55-.988 1.012-1zM8 6h9v2H8V6z"/></svg>To Sum It All Up...</h2>
<p>...terminal applications should be used as much as possible. They are swift. They can be used quickly and also use less resources and space while running on just about anything. They are not as difficult as they look and can be used for uses which GUI apps do not have. They cannot be used all the time because there are rare exceptions in which GUI applications have to be used. However, these are so little that I do not mind keeping GUI apps just for these use cases.
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<p>This post consists of all the hardware, software and other tools I use on a daily basis for all of my work. <strong>I am for tools that are lightweight, minimal and work fast on all types of devices.</strong></p>
<p>I have a custom-built computer that I bought in 2021. This was during the chip shortage but I needed a PC and could not wait as it was impacting my work. These are the specs:</p>
<p>When I am on the go, I cannot sacrifice any of my work. This is why I use the HP ENVY x360 laptop. I was going to buy a ThinkPad but I am using this since it was a gift.</p>
<p>I use the <ahref="https://us.nothing.tech/pages/phone-1">Nothing Phone (1)</a>. It is a spectacular phone from a great new brand that keeps getting better with each update they release. It looks extremely cool with the glyph lights, which I find to be useful in some cases.</p>
<p>Along with my phone, I use the <ahref="https://www.oneplus.com/us/product/oneplus-bullets-wireless-z">OnePlus Bullets Wireless Z</a></p>
<pid="os"><i class="fa fa-linux"aria-hidden="true"></i><em>Operating System (Linux Distribution):</em></p>
<pid="os"><em>Operating System (Linux Distribution):</em></p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://archlinux.org/">Arch Linux</a>. I love its lightweight and do-it-yourself nature. It gives me more control over what is installed on my PC.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://xmonad.org/">Xmonad</a>. It is lightweight and uses <ahref="https://www.haskell.org/">Haskell</a> as its language. I have tinkered around a lot and reached a setup that I love.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://neovim.io/">Neovim</a> for my text editing and will never switch to another program. It is fast, versatile, extensible and extremely lightweight. Most importantly, it works extremely well for my usecase.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://librewolf.net/">Librewolf</a> with two profiles. For more information, <astyle="color:#bd93f9"href="https://sufyaan.cyou/browser/">view my post on my browser setup</a>.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://keepass.info/">KeePass</a> with <ahref="https://syncthing.net/">Syncthing</a>. KeePass is incredibly secure. Read <astyle="color:#bd93f9"href="https://sufyaan.cyou/kpst">this post</a> for more information.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki">VimWiki</a> also with <ahref="https://syncthing.net/">Syncthing</a>. I use the <ahref="https://github.com/gsantner/markor">Markor</a> app on my phone to view the notes. Read <astyle="color:#bd93f9"href="vimwiki">this post</a> for more information.</p>
<p>I have <ahref="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/thunar">Thunar</a> installed but I do not use it most of the time. I use the terminal for most of my file management.</p>
<p>I use <ahref="https://mpv.io/">MPV</a>, the best media player on the planet. It is fast, <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="https://sufyaan.cyou/definitions/free-software/">free software</a> and infinitely extensible.</p>
<p><ahref="https://github.com/nsxiv/nsxiv">nsxiv</a> is what I use. It is just like Zathura; fast and efficient.</p>
<h3id="production">Production</h3>
<pid="rec"><i class="fa fa-desktop"aria-hidden="true"></i><em>Recording and Streaming:</em></p>
<pid="rec"><em>Recording and Streaming:</em></p>
<p>I use FFmpeg to record and encode my screen recordings. I use <ahref="https://kdenlive.org/en/">Kdenlive</a> to edit my videos. In case of streaming, I use <ahref="https://obsproject.com/">OBS Studio</a> to stream.</p>
<p><astyle="color:#bd93f9"href="https://sufyaan.cyou/plaintext">I write in plaintext formats as much as possible</a>. When writing posts or other formatted notes, I use <astyle="color:#50fa7b"href="https://sufyaan.cyou/definitions/markdown">Markdown (.md)</a> and I use <ahref="https://www.latex-project.org">LaTeX</a> for documents.</p>
<p>These are all of the tools I use. They may change in the future, but there is a low chance of that happening since I have gotten used to all of these amazing tools.</p>
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