Cozy coding sessions

Let me cut to the chase: I work in software and have a number of digital hobbies. As a result, much of my time is spent in front of a computer. You may remember from my post on installing Arch Linux that I'm no stranger to configuration. I configure a lot of things about my system. I tweak. I fiddle with the software knobs until something works just how I want it to. And I enjoy it.

You may write this craze for configuration off as an obsession, or as a need to have control over my environment - to an extent you are probably right.

But there is something else about it, too. I know that my computer is unique. The desktop environment, the keyboard shortcuts, all the carefully chosen status bar colors and background wallpapers comprise an experience that is unique to me and my system. That uniqueness is special, and it lends itself to a level of coziness -- hygge, to use the term my coworker likes to use -- whenever I am on it.

That's all. I mostly wrote this post because at half past midnight yesterday, I took a screenshot of my desktop while working on another post, and wanted to share it.

What's in the picture? This is an Arch Linux setup, running the i3-gaps tiling window manager, Neovim for editing, Pianobar for music, and a wallpaper I created based on a Legend of Zelda fanart by nikiforcvs. The editor and terminal colors are based on the Dracula theme.

Shameless plug: If you want to borrow some of my settings, you can find the configuration in my dotfiles repository: https://github.com/brookskindle/dotfiles