Articles
Articles
Long-form writing on the design and operation of the .dotfiles framework: deep dives into performance, supply-chain safety, developer experience, and the architectural decisions that shape a mature open-source dotfiles project.
Fish Startup in 2026
Cutting interactive shell latency by 48% with abbr on multi-shell dotfiles. One printf format change and one chezmoi hook save 112 ms per fresh terminal.
5 Jul 2026 · 10 min read
Renaming master to main
A zero-downtime runbook for a repository at the heart of an open-source supply chain: 96 in-repo edits, a 12-month mirror workflow, zero broken install URLs.
5 Jul 2026 · 12 min read
Custom Documentation Sites in 2026
Building a distinctive dark-themed developer reference on MkDocs Material. This describes the previous version of this site, which now uses ssg and the Lucid theme.
5 Jul 2026 · 11 min read