NixOS. My primary reason for switching was wanting a single list of programs that I had installed. After using ubuntu for 5 years I just lost track of all the tools and versions of software that I had installed…and that didnt even count my laptop. Now all my machines have a single list of applications, and they are all in sync.

The two top of the line tools for making backups are restic and borgbackup (in my opinion). They would allow you to easily compress and encrypt some local directories to another computer or cloud service. I personally use borgbackup with external backups at borgbase.com

I enjoy beyond all reason, which is the only flatpak I have in my config XD

It appears the original user changed their github username. The project now lives at https://github.com/in-a-dil-emma/declarative-flatpak

Very exciting! You’re layout looks fine as is. As it grows it might change, but for what you have now its a great schema.

On themes: catppuccin has a dedicated flake for applying the catppuccin style to a lot of different terminal apps and gnome/kde I think. I prefer this over stylix, a general purpose themer, because I want explicit control over which color scheme is enabled on each app. Stylix is cool, but doesnt make it easy (or possible?) to apply different themes to different apps.

Declarative flatpak by germanbread in-a-dil-emma is a nice flake. Occassionally theres a flatpak I need that isnt already packaged. This takes care of that. https://github.com/in-a-dil-emma/declarative-flatpak

If you want to work with secrets, look into sops-nix. Vimjoyer on youtube has a great video on how to get it setup.

Web app might be best. I’d start with one built into a search engine. Try duckduckgo or brave search.

Yeah, you’re totally right.

All image processing happens locally.

And then it mentions that you can just open the index.html directly, which means it uses clientside javascript or wasm and runs on the browser. You are correct!

On the topic of word choice, you might be right. Save or open might be better.

Just because its run locally, doesnt mean it still isnt a web server. The software could run anywhere and be accessed over the network. The image optimization happens at the server, so download and upload are more accurate.

IMO I think most financial institutions can see or acquire a lot of transactional data, so I just pick one bank (who already knows everything I spend) have a credit card with them, and use it. My bank also allows making virtual cards, so I opt for it over privacy.com.

Love him. His lego island port has been a pleasure to watch.

I use borg the same way you describe. Part of my nixos config builds a systemd unit that starts a backup on various directories on my machine at midnight every day. I have 2 repos: one to store locally and on a cloud backup provider (borgbase) and another thats just stored locally. That is, another computer in my house. That local only is for all my home media. I havent yet put the large dataset of photos and videos on the cloud or offsite.

Dont delete the gmail. As much as I want to move on…i still remember the occassional account tied to my gmail, and Im so, so thankful I can still get whatever notification, reset password, etc. I dont know when I’ll feel comfortable deleting it. As long as Im getting emails, I can at least use it to reference what accounts still need to be moved over.

So despite “moving” emails I kind of just added one. But not a big deal, and the safety net is nice.

Vimjoyer on youtube has very concise and well made videos on nix.

The double of typst and latex math parsing is great. Im excited for more people to adopt typst.