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SSH and chawan
SSH browser For whatever reasons, I’m back to SSHing into my laptop via Tailscale for some quick hacking. Between neovim and tmux, it almost feels like I’m hacking locally. This has historically provided a single challenge: my Hugo web server only works on localhost and I can’t be bothered to spend the time to fix it, so I’ve been pushing blog changes without testing.
Then I started adding test coverage to markdown-novel-tools.
iSH, vim, and Obsidian
iPhone writing environment Tl;dr: I think I have a way to write and edit my book via terminal and vim on my iPhone.
The problem and various failed solutions My ergonomic desk setup has been, and will be for the next number of months, unavailable for Reasons. To adjust for this, I picked up a pair of XReal Ones. They work well with various devices, whether I’m working, consuming content, or gaming, and I can sit, stand, or recline with no issues.
Q1 2026
A lull Massive amounts of progress in the new project, which is on track. We hit three major milestones in the past three months, the last two back to back in consecutive weeks. We’ve spent the last few days in a lull. The next milestone will likely come in early April.
I’m finding it difficult to switch gears back to focusing on the book… I need to keep context around the new project in mind, which eats into my creative headspace.
Q4 2025
Busy busy busy The new project took a sharp left turn in early December. In its new configuration, it’s maybe only two-thirds as difficult and complex, and our time frames are a bit more flexible. In theory, we should have tons of extra time, energy, and headspace to focus on other things, like my book. In practice, we’re still reeling from our earlier intense push, and we’re just focused on making a little progress each day as we recover.
September 2025 in writing
Baby steps To cut to the punchline: I didn’t get anywhere near as much writing as I’d have liked to this month.
I even debated whether to publish a blog post at all. Why publish a blog post that says “Not much to see here, not much happened”?
But a lot has happened. And I’ve established the cadence, and until I officially change it, I should stick to it.
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