Tends to soil, plants and various animals on a small farm somewhere in the hills of Kodaikanal, India.
No ideologies, handful labels. Friend to life in all shapes and forms.
Expect photos, anecdotes and rants about living off-grid in the middle of nowhere, occasional motorcycle rides and software development mishaps.
Bad ideas are mine, but i refuse to constantly fix typos generated by stupid-glass keyboards.
He/him.
My pet peeve in software is "magic defaults", I hate them. So much confusion, so many hours debugging.
To be clear, I love software with the principle of "polished and opinionated defaults, but the option to override". E.g. zed works fabulous out of the box (the love of my live, vim, the opposite) Gnome is simple, user friendly and focused (much like Apple). Stuff that Just Works.
No, my frustration lies in lower level defaults.
imagine how much calmer our lives would be if apps and websites would fucking stop logging us out all the time
at this point i’m reacting with primal rage and have to stop myself from yelling “WHY!?” at all the GitLabs, Sentries, LWNs, Blueskies, and let’s not even get started with airlines
Usually I don't post things older than the late Palaeolithic period, but #insects embedded in amber never cease to amaze me - the sheer age!
This ant preserved in its finest detail is some 50-million-year old.
Found in Gujarat, India.
📷 Photo: University of Bonn
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