Hello! My name is Linus Arver and this is my blog. I originally started a blog about various programming-related things here, but I wanted more control over how the content is generated/stored, and so I created this site. The source code for it (static content generator) is here, and the generated output (the static content) is here.
On Programming
I have way too much fun writing computer programs. It is by far my favorite hobby, ever since I rediscovered it in 2009. There’s just something about making the computer solve your problems that just never gets old…!
Recommended Software
I use free/open-source software almost exclusively as much as possible. Below are some of them.
- NixOS - my favorite OS
- nix-darwin - gives you NixOS-like configuration for your Mac
- Commit Mono - my favorite monospaced font
- WezTerm - a terminal emulator, configurable with Lua
- tmux - terminal multiplexer
- xmonad - the crash-proof tiled window manager
- Emacs - an advanced text editor
- Doom Emacs - Emacs with batteries included
- Qutebrowser - a lightweight browser with Vim bindings
- Org Mode - sufficiently flexible note-taking system
- TeX Live - programmable typesetting
Elsewhere on the Web
Git Rev News: Edition 109 (March 31st, 2024) Developer Spotlight
Some months after I started contributing to Git, the community kindly asked me for an interview. What an honor!
The Great “k8s.gcr.io” Vanity Domain Flip (November 2020)
A tale about what happened behind the scenes in the Kubernetes community infrastructure-wise in 2019-2020, while the rest of the world slept. Special thanks to Stephen Augustus from VMware who pitched the idea for the talk initially and helping with the recording as well.
Git: Your Favorite Tool (July 2015)
These slides are from a talk I gave internally at Twin Prime (they were later acquired by SalesForce). I designed the slides so that they are readable as-is, without a real presentation. Last but not least, I hereby release these slides into the Public Domain — do whatever you like with them!
Bitscans and De Bruijn Sequences (2014)
I wrote this paper originally in 2011–2012, but it was not released until it was finally revised in 2014.
Contact
Please email me at linus@ucla.edu for anything related to this blog. I have long since graduated from UCLA, but they gave me a lifetime email address. Thank you, UCLA!
Accounts on other sites
Somewhat active:
- GitHub (
listx) - Exercism (
listx) - Online Go Server (
funloop) - Reddit (
listx)
Historical artifacts:
- DeviantArt (
magic-byte) - Wordpress (old blog)
