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cat /dev/null cat. dev. null. Zola 2026-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 /atom.xml About Me 2026-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-07T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /about/ <style>.title .meta { display: none; }</style>  <p>TODO: Personalize this intro more</p> <p>Welcome to my personal website! I'm a passionate developer and creative thinker who loves building things and sharing knowledge.</p> <h1 id="background">Background</h1> <p>I first fell in love with programming when I was a teenager, then went on to university to study <strong>Computer Science and Engineering</strong>. During uni, I fell into the deep rabbit hole of <strong>free and open source software</strong> and stayed there ever since.</p> <p>Most of my the work I've done outside of my professional life has been in <strong>Node.js</strong>, though I've since moved on to <strong>Deno</strong> and <strong>Rust</strong> as my preferred development environments.</p> <p>I'm not huge into web development; I greatly appreciate what it can do, but I find much of the ecosystem tedious and often over-architected. Nonetheless, sometimes it is demanded of me, like making this website.</p> <h1 id="interests">Interests</h1> <ul> <li><strong>Open Source</strong>: Beyond the code, community, and everything else about it, I have great interest in the philosophy behind the licensing.</li> <li><strong>Modern Solutions</strong>: Whether it be learning memory safe languages like Rust or replacing aging userland programs, I have an interest in exploring modern alternatives</li> <li><strong>Terminal User Interface</strong>: While I still do use graphical interfaces daily, a part of my mind is constantly pulled by the idea of accomplishing tasks without leaving the terminal.</li> <li><strong>Small Web</strong>: Making things that are not meant to scale to the billions. Making things for fun.</li> </ul> <h1 id="contact-me">Contact Me</h1> <p>You can email me using the email <code>contact@</code> + this domain name.</p> <h1 id="this-site">This Site</h1> <p>This website is built with <a rel="external" href="https://getzola.org/">Zola</a>, a fast static site generator written in Rust, and uses the <a rel="external" href="https://not-matthias.github.io/apollo">Apollo</a> theme (with customizations).</p> <p>Posts are accessible as an <a href="/atom.xml">Atom feed</a> for use with a feedreader.</p> <h1 id="gpg-key">GPG Key</h1> <p>Below is the GPG key I use for signing dev work:</p> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #D8DEE9; background-color: #2E3440;"><code data-lang="plain"><span class="giallo-l"><span>-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>mDMEaa0ddhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAq+QbbIjHkBYOwPyFMTLZWahpJ2epThnjU2FF</span></span> <span 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Sharing</em> by Joan Westenberg</a> <ul> <li>helped inspire me to leave social media as well as to start journaling and <a href="/projects/meep">meeping</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://joanwestenberg.com/the-creator-monk-path-solitude-output-and-building-a-life-that-doesn-t-scale/"><em>The Creator-Monk Path</em> by Joan Westenberg</a> <ul> <li>inspired me to orient myself towards writing small things, not chasing billions</li> <li>reminded me that writing things for fun and to help people its its own reward</small></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 id="awesome-organizations">Awesome organizations</h1> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://kde.org"> KDE</a> <small><em>(most known for making Plasma Desktop)</em></small></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://opensource.org"> Open Source Initiative</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://eff.org"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/eff.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/eff.svg');" role="img" aria-label="eff" ></span> Electronic Frontier Foundation</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="concepts-and-philosophies">Concepts and Philosophies</h1> <ul> <li><strong>Copyright</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft">󱤹 Copyleft</a></li> <li><strong>Philosophies</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://indieweb.org">IndieWeb</a> and <a rel="external" href="https://indieweb.org/small_web">Small Web</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="helpful-sites">Helpful sites</h1> <ul> <li><strong>Alternatives</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://alternativeto.net">AlternativeTo</a> <ul> <li><small>but <a rel="external" href="https://libhunt.com">libhunt</a> and <a rel="external" href="https://www.opensourcealternatives.to">OpenSourceAlternativesTo</a> both seems cool</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Open Source License Helpers</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://www.tldrlegal.com">tl;drLegal</a> or <a rel="external" href="https://choosealicense.com">ChooseALicense</a></li> <li><strong>Coding answers</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://stackoverflow.com/"> StackOverflow</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="licenses">Licenses</h1> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://rosenlaw.com/OSL3.0-explained.htm">Open Software License</a> <ul> <li>My favorite copyleft license</li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://creativecommons.org">󰵫 Creative Commons</a> <ul> <li>Best licenses for non-code content</li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://unlicense.org/"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/unlicense.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/unlicense.svg');" role="img" aria-label="unlicense" ></span> Unlicense</a> <ul> <li>Essentially public domain</li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://wtfpl.net"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/wtfpl.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/wtfpl.svg');" role="img" aria-label="wtfpl" ></span> Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License</a> <em>(aka WTFPL)</em> <ul> <li>heheh</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 id="programming-languages-runtimes-etc">Programming Languages/Runtimes/etc</h1> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="http://rustup.rs">󱘗 Rust</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://typescriptlang.org"> TypeScript</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://deno.com"> Deno</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://bun.sh"> Bun</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://haxe.org"> Haxe</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://lua.org">󰢱 Lua</a></li> <li><strong>Typesetter</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://typst.app"> Typst</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="web-dev">Web Dev</h1> <p>I am <em>not</em> a web developer, pretty sure that shows. But I do web dev anyway, when necessary.</p> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://nerdfonts.com">Nerd Fonts</a> <ul> <li><small>has a very useful <a rel="external" href="https://www.nerdfonts.com/cheat-sheet">cheat sheet</a></small></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 id="hardware">Hardware</h1> <p><small>This is the hardware that I currently use and can recommend, unless noted otherwise</small></p> <ul> <li><strong>Mobile phone</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://shop.fairphone.com/fairphone-4">Fairphone 4</a> <em>(discontinued</em> 😭 <em>)</em></li> <li><strong>Board</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://raspberrypi.com"> Raspberry Pi</a> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://arduino.cc"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/arduino.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/arduino.svg');" role="img" aria-label="arduino" ></span> Arduino</a> is also very cool</li> </ul> </li> <li><del><strong>Laptop</strong>:  Framework 16</del> <ul> <li>I can no longer recommend Framework products due to <a rel="external" href="https://itsfoss.com/news/framework-hyprland-sponsorship">their sponsorship of projects run by grossly immoral people</a> <ul> <li>Instead, while I have not actually owned one, I recommend <a rel="external" href="https://system76.com">System76</a>, which was my second choice</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h1 id="web-services">Web Services</h1> <p>If it's in this list, it's most likely not self-hosted and likely proprietary. Sometimes that's necessary. For me, anyway. You do you.</p> <ul> <li><strong>VPN Service</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://vpn.proton.me">Proton VPN</a></li> <li><strong>Static Site Hosting Service</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://orbiter.host">Orbiter</a></li> <li><strong>Domain Name Registrar</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://namecheap.com">Namecheap</a> <ul> <li><small>but shoutout to <a rel="external" href="https://1984.hosting">1984</a></small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>VoIP Service</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://jmp.chat">JMP.chat</a></li> <li><strong>E-book Store</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://bookshop.org">Bookshop.org</a> <small>(formerly IndieBound)</small> <ul> <li><small>Supports indie book stores with each purchase! You can even choose which one!</small></li> <li><small>Run by a <a rel="external" href="https://www.bcorporation.net">B-Corporation</a></small></li> <li><small>Sells <em>some</em> DRM-free e-books</small></li> <li><small>Only readable on Android using its app 🫤</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>LLM</strong>: <a rel="external" href="http://lumo.proton.me">Proton Lumo</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="social-networking">Social Networking</h2> <p><small>While I do not do social networking anymore, these are ones I recommend, if you feel so inclined.</small></p> <ul> <li><strong>Microblogging</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://joinmastodon.org"> Mastodon</a></li> <li><strong>Book tracker</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://bookwyrm.social"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/bookwyrm.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/bookwyrm.svg');" role="img" aria-label="bookwyrm" ></span> Bookwyrm</a></li> </ul> <h1 id="software">Software</h1> <p>Unless otherwise noted, generally everything I use and recommend is open source.</p> <h2 id="operating-systems">Operating Systems</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Desktop</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://nyarchlinux.moe">Nyarch Linux</a> :3 <ul> <li>Other notable mentions: <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://archlinux.org">󰣇 Arch Linux</a> <em>(x86, arm, raspberry pi)</em></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://chimera-linux.org">Chimera Linux</a> <em>(x86)</em></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://system76.com/pop"> Pop_OS!</a> <em>(x86)</em></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://elementary.io"> elementary OS</a> <em>(x86, arm, raspberry pi)</em></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Phone</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://e.foundation/e-os">/e/OS</a> <ul> <li>a fork of <a rel="external" href="https://lineageos.org">LineageOS</a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="personal-cloud">Personal Cloud</h2> <p>Check out <a href="/project/my-cloud">the project dedicated to My Cloud</a>.</p> <h2 id="desktop-software">Desktop Software</h2> <p>All of these are cross platform (Linux, macOS, Windows) unless otherwise noted</p> <ul> <li><strong>Desktop Environment</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://kde.org/plasma-desktop"> Plasma Desktop</a> <ul> <li>Linux only</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Code Editor</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://zed.dev">Zed</a></li> <li><strong>Web Browser</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/ungoogled-software/ungoogled-chromium"> Ungoogled Chromium</a></li> <li><strong>Terminal</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://ghostty.org">Ghostty</a> <ul> <li>Not available on Windows</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Media Player</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://videolan.org/vlc">󰕼 VLC</a></li> <li><strong>VS Code fork</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://vscodium.com"> VS Codium</a></li> <li><strong>Image Editor</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://gimp.org"> GIMP</a></li> <li><strong>File Transfer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://filezilla-project.org"> FileZilla</a></li> <li><strong>E-Book Reader + Library</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://readest.com">Readest</a></li> <li><strong>Git Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://sourcegit-scm.github.io">SourceGit</a></li> <li><strong>API Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://www.usebruno.com">Bruno</a></li> <li><strong>Diff Tool</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://meldmerge.org">Meld</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="macos-software">macOS Software</h3> <p>These help make it livable.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Package Manager</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://brew.sh"> Homebrew</a></li> </ul>   <h3 id="windows-software">Windows Software</h3> <p>Thankfully I rarely have to spend any time in Windows at all, but here are my faves when I do. (Also, many of the software above are cross platform!)</p> <ul> <li><strong>Disk Usage Analyzer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://windirstat.net">WinDirStat</a></li> <li><strong>Archive Manager</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://7-zip.org">7-Zip</a></li> <li><strong>Automation</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://autohotkey.com">Autohotkey</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://nirsoft.net/utils/index.html">Nirsoft</a> <ul> <li>a massive collection of freeware written by <em>one guy</em>!</li> <li>Inspired me a lot when I was young</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="tui-software">TUI Software</h2> <p><small><em>Links are shamelessly to <a href="/projects/tui-land">tui.land</a></em></small></p> <ul> <li><strong>Text Editor</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/hx.html">helix</a></li> <li><strong>E-mail</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/aerc.html">aerc</a></li> <li><strong>Signal</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/gurk.html">gurk</a></li> <li><strong>Clock</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/tenki.html">tenki</a> and <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/tuime.html">tuime</a></li> <li><strong>Disk Usage Analyzer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/diskonaut.html">diskonaut</a> and <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/ncdu.html">ncdu</a></li> <li><strong>Launcher</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/sunbeam.html">sunbeam</a></li> <li><strong>File transfer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/termscp.html">termscp</a></li> <li><strong>Screensavers</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/ttysvr.html">ttysvr</a></li> <li><strong>ANSI Art Generator</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/tuilet.html">tuilet</a></li> <li><strong>Mastodon</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/tut.html">tut</a></li> <li><strong>One Time Password</strong>: <a rel="external" href="http://tui.land/program/andcli">andcli</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="cli-software">CLI Software</h2> <ul> <li><strong>Source Management</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://git-scm.com">󰊢 Git</a></li> <li><strong>Shell</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://fishshell.com">fish</a> <ul> <li>and <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher">fisher</a> as a plugin manager</li> <li>and <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/laughedelic/fish_logo">fish_logo</a> for the sweet ASCII-art logo</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Binary installer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="http://dist.sh">Distillery</a></li> <li><strong>Disk Usage</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/dust.html">dust</a></li> <li><strong>System Info</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/fastfetch.html">fastfetch</a></li> <li><strong>Compression</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/ouch.html">ouch</a></li> <li><strong>Search</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/rg.html">ripgrep</a></li> <li><strong>Code Counting</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/boyter/scc">scc</a> <ul> <li>shoutout to <a rel="external" href="https://tui.land/program/tokei.html">tokei</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Data Recoverty</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk">testdisk</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="mobile-apps">Mobile Apps</h2> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://protonapps.com"><strong>Proton's apps</strong></a> <ul> <li><small>Mail, Calendar, Drive, VPN, Pass, Lumo</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>/e/ Foundation's mobile apps</strong> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/browser">Browser</a>,fork of <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/bromite/bromite">Bromite</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/Message">Message</a>, fork of <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/moezbhatti/qksms">QKSMS</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/android_packages_apps_Contacts">Contacts</a>, fork of <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/LineageOS/android_packages_apps_Contacts">LineageOS Contacts</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/etar_calendar">Calendar</a>, fork of <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/Etar-Group/Etar-Calendar">Etar</a> <ul> <li><small>Technically do not use anymore but can still recommmend</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/mail">Mail</a>, fork of <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-android">Thunderbird for Android</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://doc.e.foundation/maps">Maps</a>, rebranding of <a rel="external" href="https://magicearth.com">MagicEarth</a> <small><em>(Note: Proprietary, the only app in /e/ that is)</em></small> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.e.foundation/e/os/maps">Murena Maps</a> looks promising, but very early days</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong> F-Droid Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://droidify.app">Droid-ify</a> <ul> <li>Special shoutout to <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/kitsunyan/foxy-droid">Foxydroid</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>󰊼 Google Play Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://aurorastore.org">Aurora Store</a></li> <li><strong>Google Play Services</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://microg.org">microG</a></li> <li><strong>Keyboard</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/Helium314/HeliBoard">Heliboard</a> <ul> <li>shoutout to <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/dessalines/thumb-key">ThumbKey</a>, which I wish I had the patience to learn</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Secure Messaging</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://molly.im"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/molly.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/molly.svg');" role="img" aria-label="molly" ></span> Molly</a> <ul> <li>a hardened fork of <a rel="external" href="https://signal.org"><span class="social-icon" style="-webkit-mask-image: url('/social_icons/signal.svg'); mask-image: url('/social_icons/signal.svg');" role="img" aria-label="signal" ></span> Signal</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong><em>Most</em> Secure Messaging</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://briarproject.org">Briar</a></li> <li><strong>󰦯 One Time Password</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://getaegis.app">Aegis Authenticator</a></li> <li><strong>Reminder Helper</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/nproth/pin">p!n</a></li> <li><strong>E-Book Reader</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://readest.com">Readest</a> <ul> <li><small>shoutout to <a rel="external" href="https://libbyapp.com">Libby</a> which is a <strong>proprietary</strong> app for reading library e-books</small> <ul> <li><small>but can also just be installed as a <a rel="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_web_app">PWA</a> and works great!</small></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li><strong> Feed Reader</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://capyreader.com">Capy Reader</a></li> <li><strong>Local Media Player</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://videolan.org/vlc/download-android.html">󰕼 VLC</a></li> <li><strong>Audiobook Player</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://voice.woitaschek.de">Voice</a></li> <li><strong>Podcast Player</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://antennapod.org">AntennaPod</a></li> <li><strong>Subsonic Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://eddyizm.github.io/tempus">Tempus</a></li> <li><strong>Codeberg/Forgejo Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://gitnex.com">GitNex</a></li> <li><strong> Mastodon Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://tusky.app">Tusky</a></li> <li><strong> YouTube Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://libretube.dev">LibreTube</a></li> <li><strong>Bittorrent Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.com/proninyaroslav/libretorrent">LibreTorrent</a></li> <li><strong>Find Lost Device</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/xfarrow/locatemydevice">Locate My Device</a></li> <li><strong>󰱰 Emoticon Chooser</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/FuturisticGoo/emotic">emotic</a></li> <li><strong>Song Identifier</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/alexmercerind/audire">Audire</a></li> <li><strong>Desktop Access</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://kdeconnect.kde.org/download.html">KDE Connect</a> <ul> <li><small>Requires KDE Connect be installed on the desktop as well</small></li> <li><small><a rel="external" href="https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect">GSConnect</a> is a GNOME-compatible version of the protocol</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Mobile Access</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://docs.plain.icu">PlainApp</a></li> <li><strong>Wallpapers</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/ammargitham/WallFlow">WallFlow</a></li> <li><strong>Profile data transfer</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/VentralDigital/InterProfileSharing">InterProfileSharing</a></li> <li><strong>App Privacy Monitor</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://trackercontrol.org">TrackerControl</a></li> <li><strong>Jabber Client</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://cheogram.com">Cheogram</a> <ul> <li><small>I used with JMP.chat</small></li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Git-powered File Sync</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/ViscousPot/GitSync">GitSync</a></li> </ul> <h3 id="misc-software">Misc Software</h3> <p><small>Stuff that doesn't quite fit into the above categories</small></p> <ul> <li><strong>Static Site Generator</strong>: <a rel="external" href="https://getzola.org">Zola</a></li> </ul>  <h1 id="gaming">Gaming</h1> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://itch.io">itch.io</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="http://gog.com">󰮡gog</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://steampowered.com">󰓓 Steam</a> <ul> <li>while I dislike the licensing nature, I still have a backlog from many years of sales</li> </ul> </li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://gitlab.com/librebob/athenaeum">Athenaeum</a> <ul> <li>which I have not really used but <em>have</em> to give a shoutout to; "a libre replacement for Steam" (i.e. libre-only games)</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="open-source-games">Open Source Games</h2> <ul> <li><a rel="external" href="https://wesnoth.org">The Battle for Wesnoth</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://endless-sky.github.io">Endless Sky</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://stabyourself.net/mari0">Mari0</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://stepmania.com">StepMania</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net">Frets on Fire</a></li> <li><a rel="external" href="https://thelettervsixtim.es">VVVVVV</a> <small><em>(<a rel="external" href="https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV">open-sourced</a> for its 10-year anniversary!)</em></small></li> </ul> Hintjen Ebooks 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 2026-03-31T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/hintjen-ebooks/ <p>TODO</p> meep 2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 2026-01-18T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/meep/ <p>TODO</p> has-rs 2025-05-23T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-23T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/has-rs/ <p><img src="/projects/screenshots/has-rs.1.png" alt="✅" /></p> <p>One of my first forays into the Rust programming language is a port of the <a rel="external" href="https://github.com/kdabir/has">has bash script</a>.</p> <p>It actually even works for some programs that the shell script is supposed to but does not!</p> <p><img src="/projects/screenshots/has-rs.2.png" alt="has-rs does everything that its bash counterpart does, and better!" /></p> <h4 id="has-rs-source-code-available-at-codeberg"><a rel="external" href="https://codeberg.org/cat-dev-null/has-rs">has-rs source code available at Codeberg</a></h4> TUI Land 2025-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 2025-05-02T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/tui-land/ <p>TODO</p> Opengur 2025-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 2025-03-06T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/opengur/ <p>TODO</p> check-if.online 2025-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 2025-03-05T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/check-if-online/ <p>TODO</p> catgirlspeak 2025-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 2025-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 meow@cat-dev-null.me /projects/catgirlspeak/ <p>TODO</p>