Personal Log at usebox.net

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• Changing theme in my terminal
  February 10, 2026

  So after more than 20 years using a dark theme for coding, I realised that a light theme works better during the day....

• git.usebox.net and bots
  January 31, 2026

  I just had a chat with Alex because I couldn’t reach any of his websites, but I fired Tor browser and they were there...

• UseboxWiki source code
  January 15, 2026

  You may remember that last year I was having one of my wiki revival moments, and even at some point I ended mentionin...

• And that was 2025
  December 27, 2025

  It is likely that this is how traditions start, by repetition. This is the third year in a row! See last year’s post....

• Learning OCaml
  December 07, 2025

  I know I said I wanted to write more Haskell in 2025, and I failed (almost) completely. I don’t think is Haskell. It ...

• Simplifying self-hosting repos
  November 23, 2025

  I’ve been self-hosting my git repos for over 3 years. I already discussed here the problem with LLM crawlers, and tha...

• Learning a bit of VGA
  November 23, 2025

  Since the DOSember Game Jam was announced I’ve been toying with the idea of making another DOS game. Something small,...

• alttab is fantastic
  November 08, 2025

  I use Linux, Debian to be exact, and moved from XFCE to use i3wm over two years ago. I’m very happy with my setup and...

• I'm NOT on Mastodon
  October 11, 2025

  There is some history here, let’s see: When I started this blog, I wanted to move off Twitter. Then, about a year aft...

• Physical editions coming!
  September 24, 2025

  I released two games in 2024: The Heart of Salamanderland for the Amstard CPC, and Alien Intruder for MS/DOS 16-bit, ...