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#135 — January 1, 2026 by Evan Chen

I feel like there's more and more of a tendency to do installations into ~/.local or Docker containers or similar, instead of /usr. I guess I can understand the rationale, but I do miss the times I felt like my package manager took care of everything.


#134 — December 31, 2025 by Evan Chen

I really don't have a concept of holiday. Woke up on New Year's Eve and went straight into a 3-hour work meeting.


#133 — December 31, 2025 by Evan Chen

oh yeah, I get to update my Common App profile to say "Dr. Evan Chen" instead of "Mr. Evan Chen". One of the few places that might actually make a difference...


#132 — December 31, 2025 by Evan Chen

I think a lot of people who write to me asking for advice actually are asking for therapy. And it's like, I do want to help, but I don't actually know how.


#131 — December 28, 2025 by Evan Chen

What happens if I wake up one day and my computer won't turn on? It's not like I know anything about hardware or kernels.


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