Linux Mint may be it

I’ve been using Linux Mint for a while now.

I started using linux because my machine stopped getting macOS updates.

But I always wanted something as stable as macOS

Initially I tried Tuxedo OS.

While it looked nice, there were tiny issues that I couldn’t ignore.

Adding alias to CLI built in #rust

Turns out it is very easy if using clap

My PR related to Rust project got merged 🎉

I’m so happy that my PR ¹ to a new and upcoming #rust framework called Cot was merged yesterday.

@m4tx - Thanks for accepting my contribution 🙏

Linux Mint

I’ve been using Linux on my old MBP since November of last year. I started with OpenSUSE After using it for a month or so, I switched to Tuxedo OS 4 It is based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS but ships with latest KDE Plasma 6. I meant to write about it, but didn’t ¯_(ツ)_/¯ I used it for 3+ months. It was more mainstream than OpenSUSE (because of its Ubuntu base)

Rust: Improve readability in default arm of match statement

#TIL in #rustlang we can use any variable name (starting with _) in ignore path of match

Deepseek : Model vs Web app

There was a post on LinkedIn about how asking DeepSeek to list states of India is not answered. ¹

First of all, why would you ask such a trivial question to it , when you can just search.

We need to consider the difference between search engine and “thinking model” like DeepSeek

It is like asking Einstein help with 10th class Physics exam 😃 - while he may be able to help, his abilities are better suited for more difficult tasks.

Make constraints useful

Recently, I came re-listened to a podcast episode where they discussed about constraints.

Everyone thinks that constraints are bad.

But having some constraints may be good.

Rust Script

After my previous post I came across other ways to “quickly test rust code” Obvious being rust-script It is easy to install via cargo install rust-script (But I had it already installed. I think Espanso installed it, but not too sure) This may be better than rustc because one can define the dependencies in the “script” itself, like : #!/usr/bin/env rust-script //! Dependencies can be specified in the script file itself as follows: //!

Rust: When rustc Beats Cargo for quick trial code

Recently, I needed to test try some functionality (of getting user’s home directory) ¹

Setting up a throw away project via cargo new is certainly possible but seemed overkill.

Polywork Shutting Down

This morning, I got an email notification that polywork.com shutting down.

Polywork was a good idea.

I never updated it regularly because I was worried about such thing (it going away) But I liked the idea of putting regular “updates” and I started this microblog.