Ideas.Offby1

Articles by Chris Rose

Snoqualmie Tunnel

I took my bike up into the mountains for the first time since moving to Seattle, which is honestly a tragedy. It's gorgeous up there!

Development Environment (2021)

Some of the things I use in my day to day computering

Ten Years

Ten years ago today I got on a plane in Edmonton with my bike, two suitcases, a huge pile of immigration paperwork, and a cat.

Doom Emacs and direnv

Solving an issue arising from an interaction between Doom Emacs and direnv

direnv and pip-tools together

A relatively simple way to automate locking your pip-tools requirements using direnv

42

The last day of my 43rd year was...

I'm Not a Misanthrope

I used to think I was a misanthrope, and then I met the real ones.

2010s

Looking back at the decade that was... it's been a ride. I got married. Emigrated to another country. Took a terrifying job that continues to excite me

Twenty Years Later

We didn't build a better world, we just automated the excesses of the old one.

Worldcon

Fandom turns out to be pretty nifty