@thenegation
Busy trying to avoid success at all costs...
My name is Sinan.
I am a computer programmer and a life-style entrepreneur. You can check my LinkedIn and GitHub profile pages for more information, and send an email to vst@vsthost.com to contact me.
I am re-publishing my technical blog posts on hashnode. My website is available on thenegation.com, and its source code is available on GitHub.
Nothing here yet.
May 31, 2025 · 3 min read · Today marks the final day of my second month-long blogging challenge. The first was in August last year. This one, in May, felt different -- but just as transformative. Here are my takeaways. The grind is real -- and it teaches you I have a few jobs ...
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May 30, 2025 · 4 min read · This is not about improving productivity, but rather a simple but bottom-up hack to improve personal awareness and accountability and extend it to the team. Productivity should be a natural byproduct of that. It is important how we plan, but more imp...
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May 29, 2025 · 4 min read · I learned how to cross-compile Haskell projects under NixOS using Docker images for ARM architectures, and how to run them under emulation on x86_64 hosts. Motivation I attended the AWS Summit 2025 in Singapore. I enjoyed the event. There were booths...
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May 28, 2025 · 4 min read · I use the terminal. Not because I am a command-line wizard or particularly efficient with it, but because the GUI has never given me the rhythm and flow I need. The GUI Does Not Fit My Mind I have tried. I have used Gnome and KDE when they were just ...
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May 27, 2025 · 5 min read · Today, I upgraded my NixOS system to the latest version, v25.05. It went smoothly. I just want to report my experience here. In-Place Upgrades: NixOS vs Other Distributions I have been using GNU/Linux for well over two decades now. And I have never u...
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