A big push from the Linux community in the last decade has been to make the Linux desktop experience more user friendly. A difficulty users have faced is dealing with the terminal, package managers, and dependencies. With Windows and MacOS, installing a desktop application usually only requires a few clicks. Package managers and dependencies can be difficult to navigate if users do not know about how shared libraries work, and how to navigate the terminal.

I wanted to host this blog on a real domain. No offense to DuckDNS, but I am committing to this project so I want Source to Sink to have source-to-sink.com to call home!

I setup the domain on Cloudflare. The domain is only $10 a year, and it comes with a lot of great features. This blog will focus on the API and Dynamic DNS.

Setup Cloudflare DNS Entry

First I will show how to set the DNS entry in Cloudflare.

Some quick tips on searching in nvim.

To search for a word in the current file:

:/your_word

Uses regex to search for the word in the current file. Use ’n’ to go to the next instance of the word, and ‘N’ to go to the previous.

To search for the word selected in visual mode, press * or #. This will search for the word under the cursor.

Now to find and replace, the %s command is used. For example:

My deep dive into reading only started after I got an ereader. My train commute gives me a solid 30 minutes without internet or distractions. I have tried podcasts, reading on my phone, bringing a physical book, but I never stuck with it. When I saw the Kobo clara came in Color e-ink and a back light, I was intrigued enough to try it out.

I have been using the Kobo for about 6 months now, and I thoroughly enjoy it. Syncing books from a computer is as easy as dragging and dropping to the file system on the device. But you can do better with Calibre. ( Another article on that later). The screen can get get very bright, which I find necessary for reading in dim shadows. The font is legible and can fit years of books.

I added a contact page to my blog. This page allows a reader to send me a message. Check it out here.

I used formsubmit to handle the backend of spam protection and anonimity. I used the boiler plate code from the website. First run locally on your development machine with your real email address. Send a test message through the form to get your API key. Then replace your real email address with the API key, and you are done!