Alex White

Just a guy in Ohio | Tech Minimalist | Cyclist | Dad

Website: https://thatalexguy.dev
What I use: Arch, ThinkPad, PHP, Rust
What I ride: Vaast R/1, Vaast A/1
What I play: PSP, GBA SP

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2026-05-11 10:39:48 UTC

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I switched back to my Pixel to test GrapheneOS (because I'm weird and switch tech constantly 😜) and found it refreshing that I could find every app I need free and open source in fdroid, vs needing to accumulate subscriptions on iOS.

2026-05-05 18:00:12 UTC

Building With Intent: Why I'm building a native RSS feeder reader that's under 5MB.
https://thatalexguy.dev/building-with-intent
#development #tinyapps #rust #rss #handcoded #nollm

2026-05-02 18:24:13 UTC

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same here, we are trying to use the EV and bikes as much as possible. Our gas car cost $80 at the last fill up, typically it’s $55.

2026-04-29 19:24:42 UTC

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ohhhh I forgot about that, huh. I have a Synology as well. Guess I know what I'm doing tonight!

2026-04-29 17:17:53 UTC

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I've thought about self-hosting a Gitea instance many times for private stuff, really should pull the trigger one of these days.

2026-04-29 16:19:54 UTC

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at work the GitHub outages have caused significant issues, multiple times we’ve been unable to fix production bugs due to broken pipelines, not being able to review PRs, etc. We take bets now on what time of the day GitHub will go down.
I’ve started creating any new projects in Codeberg, probably won’t ever get around to migrating old projects though.

2026-04-27 17:28:43 UTC

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I quickly moved it after reading your post haha

2026-04-27 13:54:53 UTC

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that last sentence calling me out….
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/116/477/006/765/415/922/original/cb8b338f40754962.jpeg

2026-04-27 00:35:34 UTC

I Use Arch BTW
Update your drivers folks!
https://thatalexguy.dev/i-use-arch-btw
#linux #thinkpad

2026-04-24 11:32:41 UTC

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haha very tempted now!

2026-04-24 01:19:58 UTC

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Well after trying a lot of stuff, still no luck. Seems to be a "data fabric sync flood event". Super, super bummed. Not sure if I got scammed with a broken laptop or what.

2026-04-23 17:54:19 UTC

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downloading now, fingers crossed! One thing I’m reading is the battery might be dead, despite showing green health. Seems to only crash after removing the power plug (but it does run on battery for a couple hours if you booted without power).

2026-04-23 16:00:14 UTC

I've had 3 random freeze ups followed by hard reboots with the Thinkpad on Ubuntu 25.10.
Digging into logs points at an ACPI issue. Applied a bios update, fingers crossed it resolves because I really like this laptop.
#Thinkpad #Linux #P14s

2026-04-21 18:14:58 UTC

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I'm actually meeting a Craigslist seller tomorrow to pick up a gen 4 Thinkpad P14S (32GiB RAM, Ryzen 7840U) for $500 USD. The framework looks near perfect, but can't justify ~$2k (after RAM).

2026-04-21 18:11:59 UTC

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Think I heard them say it is

2026-04-18 12:37:43 UTC

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man that’s a bummer! Hopefully insurance helps. If you do get a T480 please write about your experiences! I’ve been watching Craigslist like a hawk for one

2026-04-15 11:22:35 UTC

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Tuba and Planify are my killer apps for Gnome, so polished and reliable.

2026-04-14 16:55:16 UTC

I’ve moved my blog over to #PureBlog after finally admitting (to myself) that I don’t have the interest to continue hacking on my own platform.
Very happy with Pure Blog so far, great work @npub1080…cr2f!
https://thatalexguy.dev/moving-to-pure-blog

2026-04-09 22:19:43 UTC

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exciting! But as much as I’d love to buy a Framework can’t see it happening for years with RAM prices 😭

2026-04-07 13:46:08 UTC

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I use an iPod with Rockbox, I really like the interface and the device is lightweight with a stellar battery. It encourages me to use my phone less, and it's great for things like the gym since I don't care if it gets scruffed up. I've also taken it cycling so I don't have to deal with cell dead zones and the lock button means no accidentally switching songs while it's in my jersey.
I definitely wouldn't buy a new device for this though.

2026-03-27 12:11:21 UTC

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definitely not dead, a couple weeks ago they shipped 120hz, and it sounds like Display Link support is around the corner.
That said, deep sleep doesn’t work, battery isn’t the best and performance can be wonky (well it’s also 5 years old).
It’s not painful enough yet to buy a new laptop, but it’s getting there!

2026-03-26 23:08:40 UTC

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I've been window shopping the Framework page for so long, Asahi on my M1 Pro is good, but there's lots of little frustrations (& 16GB RAM is getting old).

2026-03-24 17:32:52 UTC

Planify (Linux) is hands down the best task management app I've ever used, you should absolutely check it out!
https://useplanify.com/

2026-03-07 03:16:44 UTC

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oh huh didn’t know about any of this. Kinda glassed I jumped ship.

2025-12-22 02:08:54 UTC

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good old Filament right?

2025-12-22 02:07:26 UTC

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for me it's been back to physical media. DVDs and Blu Rays are dirt cheap nowadays.

2025-11-13 18:57:18 UTC

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It's sad that "No A.I." has to be called out these days, it's ruining so much software/companies.