Yusuf Bouzekri

About:

Yusuf Bouzekri is a software engineer and writer who loves cycling, indie web, and Doctor Who, aiming to own a farm in Ireland.

Website:

yusuf.fyi

Specializations:

Writer Software engineer

Interests:

Indie web Software development Cycling Podcasts Movies Doctor Who

Incoming Links:

Guilherme Ananias

Outgoing Links:

Juha-Matti Santala

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2024-03-28 •

The text explains how to use Linux commands like awk, sed, and cut to manipulate text and get the desired output. It is intended for people new to the terminal. The author provides a step-by-step guide to solve the problem of form...

2024-03-20 •

The author is back to blogging after a 7-month hiatus with a major blog overhaul, including a new design and framework change. The new design has an old-school aesthetic with serif fonts and monospace code blocks. The author switc...

2023-08-28 •

The text provides a collection of small improvements to make using Linux more comfortable, including remapping the Caps Lock key and using sudoedit to edit protected files.

2023-08-14 •

The author has an epiphany that the human body is like a PHP web app, with the stomach as the frontend and the brain as the server. The heart is compared to a deployment server. The author suggests using this analogy to explain th...

2023-08-03 •

The author discusses their experience of getting a smartphone for the first time and how it has impacted their life. They talk about the rise of TikTok, the benefits of having a smartphone, and the need to engage in deliberate fun...

2023-07-26 •

The text discusses the annoyance of updating links to social media accounts on various articles and videos when changing social media handles. It suggests setting up redirects from the domain to social media accounts to avoid this...

2022-12-23 •

The text discusses the one-sided relationship between bloggers and readers, and introduces the concept of Webmentions and Brid.gy as a solution to facilitate discussions around blog posts. It explains how Webmentions and Brid.gy w...

2022-12-19 •

The article explains how to listen to music from the terminal by configuring the MPD daemon and installing clients like mpc and ncmpcpp. It also provides instructions on how to make ncmpcpp look better, add vim keybindings, and in...

2022-12-16 •

The author shares their impressions of using NixOS for a week and a half. They highlight the good aspects such as the fantastic installer, the ability to switch between stable and unstable packages, the reproducibility, and the ni...

2022-12-10 •

The author shares the best movies, books, and podcasts they consumed in 2022, including Life is Beautiful, The Queen’s Gambit, Catch Me If You Can, What if?, The Code Book, Tech Over Tea, and Cortex.

2022-12-01 •

The text discusses the important lessons learned from Adam Wathan's Refactoring UI, focusing on design principles such as designing in grayscale and typography. It also provides a review of the book and recommends other resources ...

2022-11-14 •

The text explains how to make a Table of Contents using Contentlayer's computed fields. It provides a step-by-step guide on setting up the file structure, installing necessary packages, adding id links to headings, fetching the he...

2022-11-03 •

The author received a Thelio Desktop from a friend and has been using it for 2 months. The configuration includes 32GB of RAM, AMD Ryzen 5 3600x 6-core CPU, AMD Radeon RX 550 GPU, and 120GB SSD. The design is elegant and well-made...

2022-10-09 •

The author has just redesigned their blog but is struggling to decide what to write about. They have a variety of interests, including programming and history, but are torn between focusing on one topic for engagement or writing a...

2022-10-06 •

Perfectionism can hinder progress and prevent people from finishing or starting projects. The focus should be on quantity over quality, as it is impossible to predict what will become popular. The concept of Quality Through Quanti...