Aks Plays EVE, part 5: Hookbiling

I have never really flown Caldari Navy Hookbills that much.…

Smolwebifying my site

I found this thing called smolweb and it spoke to me.

Aks Plays EVE, Part 4: I can fly well.. sometimes!

This time I actually managed to fly rather well!

Aks Plays EVE, Part 3: Switcharoo

Today I got my ass kicked…

Aks Plays EVE, Part 2: Just vibing

Not much action today, but I wanted to see few things.

Updated my site look and added Opengraph meta tags

Tinkered with CSS again. Also now embeds should work properly, with better names and things.

Testing out Sveltia

I set up Sveltia headless CMS on my page, this is my first post with it.

Aks Plays EVE, Part 1

Start of my series "Aks Plays EVE" where I just post some things I did in the online spaceship game.

Removing notes page

So I realised I don't really like having two categories (posts/notes), because both are in the end just same thing.

Testing org.kde.Platform flatpak built in CI

Very technical post, feel free to ignore if you're not working on KDE stuff.

Testing physical notebooks

My brains are weird. I used to be interested in all kinds of e-ink devices.. But here I am very excited about physical, paper notebook.

Frustrations with CalDAV tasks

I tried to use CalDAV tasks again. It did not go well.

Updated Scalie.Computer

Just a quick note that I have now updated https://scalie.computer to a newer linkhut version.

My PostgreSQL database got nuked lol

So I was running my linkhut fork instance scalie.computer, and everything was fine at first. Then it was suddenly gone. This happened to me twice!

scalie.computer broke

Update: Found the culprit, see here: https://akselmo.dev/posts/they-broke-my-server/

My site https://scalie.computer/ just broke. I don't know what happened exactly.

What even are Breeze, QtQuick, QtWidget, Union..?

I was asked a good question: What are these things? What are the differences? I will try to explain what they are in this post, in bit less technical manner.

Breeze QtWidgets style changes to help us prepare for Union

We have worked on some spring cleaning for Breeze, which helps us to prepare for Union and the changes it brings. This post is a bit more technical.

Help us test things!

Leave me behind

If you wont use this new VC funded hypetech, such as generative "AI" you will be left behind!

Is that a promise?

Tech industry, meh

This is a vent post. Feel free to ignore.

Added emotes

I added simple emotions here now, like many people have them in their blog.

todo2ical script

I made a simple todo2ical script that converts todo.txt file into an ical file.

My blog has now webmention support!

Hey there, I have been reading about IndieWeb and found out about something called Webmentions.…

Happy Holidays 2025!

Happy holidays everyone.…

Adding Customizable Frame Contrast to KDE Plasma

For a while now, probably two years, I wanted to have support for high-contrast colorschemes in KDE Plasma.

Technically, this was already doable…

The move from Blue Systems to TechPaladin

People have been a bit weirded by what happened during this period.…

Akademy 2025 - My first talk!

Once again, all KDE nerds had their yearly gathering around somewhere in the world.…

NetSurf on reMarkable 2

One thing I always have wished that my reMarkable 2 had was web browser.…

Various desktop Linux tips for newbies

There has been quite a surge in interest towards desktop Linux lately.…

Kate and Python Language Server: Basedpyright

This post is somewhat an update for my older post: Kate and Python language server…

KomoDo, my first KDE app

During all my time with KDE projects, I've never made an app from scratch.. Except now.…

Shedding (Cosplay Photos)

I wanted to do some fun little photoshoot with my new tattoo and my lizard cosplay.…

todo.txt tasks in my TRMNL

Edit: Please avoid buying TRMNL

It turns out some people behind TRMNL are not something I want to support.…

Game Ramblings: Quitters, Splitgate 2, Daggerfall

I love FPS games, especially fast paced PVP FPS games.…

I got my first tattoo

I promised to share this here too, so here you go, I finally got a proper tattoo!…

Ramble: Tired and Emotional

Note: This is not a techy post or anything. It's personal post. Ramble. Feel free to ignore it.…

My changes to saving Konsole tab layouts

I recently made a patch to Konsole terminal emulator, that…

Kummacon 2025 cosplay photos

I visited Kummacon today and it was fun! Saw a lot of cool art and trinkets…

Forgejo webhook to auto-update my blog and my frustrations

Preface: I am really bad with servers. I actually dislike working with them, most of the time.…

Anubis protects this blog now

Edit: I disabled Anubis for now.…

Kate and Python language server

As much as I love Kate editor, as I mentioned in my previous post, setting up Python language server…

How I use Kate Editor

I love the Kate Text editor. I use it for pretty much all the programming projects I do.…

KURLNavBar and me

I made a change to the KURLNavBar according to old mockup, since we hoped it would be easier to use.…

Desktop icons are surprisingly hard!

I spent past three weeks working on refactoring and fixing legacy code…

Moving my game project from C to Odin language

Some months ago, I got really fed up with C.…

Cosplay images 2024

Some cosplay images from various events. I mostly dress up as my own character, Huntra, who I have to make a game of someday:tm:.…

My Akademy 2024 trip

Akademy is this yearly thing where bunch of KDE people go to talk about and work on KDE software.…

KIO Thumbnailer Support

The KIO Framework has gained support for de-facto standard, cross-desktop thumbnail generators.…

Kate and OrgMode

I have a very.. unusual notetaking and task setup with Kate, using Orgmode files.…

Family of free and friendly open source software

Or FOFAFOSS. Rolls right off your tongue.…

Plasma 6 and me

I'm bit late to the train of Plasma 6 related posts... But anyway. I will go through some things I did.…

Debug symbols for all!

When running Linux software and encountering a crash, and you make a bug…

And who is going to clean up?

I was listening Late Night Linux podcast episode 264 and they were chatting about AI, as usual.…

First week of fulltime KDE

Seems getting laid off was pretty good for me after all. Funny how things go sometimes.…

I got laid off from work...

Hello, today I got laid off from my current workplace.…

I burned out, again.. And how I let myself heal.

Sorry KDE Planet readers, this is just rambly non-techy post.…

Zephyr - My Breeze fork

I had the hankering for tinkering the KDE application style. The default style by KDE, Breeze, is pretty nice as is, but there are small things I'd like to modify.…

Video: We visited Stockholm!

My wife made a video of us visiting Stockholm,…

Trust in software is important for me

Preface: What is trust to me?…

Why I don't like ads

It's common to dislike ads. They're annoying for many.…

I got married!

After ten years of dating, me and tecsiederp got finally married.…

Why I will likely never use AI programming tools

I actually like writing code.…

My thoughts on Flatpak (that nobody asked for)

Hindsight preface: This was written in very tired state.…

Updated my blog! Also news of Revontuli colorscheme

Note: Old links to my site may not work anymore, due to change in the URL layout!! I tried to make a redirect for them however.…

AksDark: My colorscheme for KDE Plasma

Hey all, just a simple blog post this time, I just wanted to showcase the colorscheme I have made for KDE Plasma and various text editors and such.…

How I report bugs

As someone who has been doing test automation for past ~3,5 years (and desperately wanting out towards doing just development), I have done a lot of bug reports.…

I blocked Hacker News and you can too

No, not april fools.…

My game was illegally uploaded on Steam

Quick post for this time.…

FOSS communities: You don't need to yell

This is kind of open letter I suppose.…

My podcast tastes

I just wanted to write this down since I've been talking a bit about podcasts on fediverse.…

Pointless tribalism in FOSS

Rant incoming. This isn't written that well but idgaf. I just need to get this out of my system.…

How to use Matrix

As I've gotten more into FOSS, I've noticed a lot of FOSS projects, like KDE, use Matrix protocol.…

How to rotate an actor with Raylib without math knowledge

Rotate what now? Aks, what are you talking about?…

I made outlines for KDE Breeze window decoration

Window outlines! Yet another KDE contribution by yours truly!…

I made my own PineTime watchface

I have really enjoyed using my PineTime as a watch, so I really wanted to make my own watchface.…

Uploaded my themes to KDE Store

Hey, just a quick post, I uploaded some themes I've made for Aurorae and Plasma to KDE store.…

I added some localization settings to KDE

This was my biggest contribution so far! And it was a bit more involved than I expected, so I wanted to write down what I learned.…

Simple Arduino Temperature meter

I decided it was time to dust off my Arduino starter kit I got like.. over 5 years ago?…

Testing GoatCounter

Just a super short post this time!…

Server migration, from Digital Ocean to Hetzner

Well that took a while.…

What worries me about AI tooling

I was listening Linux Downtime episode 51 and meanwhile it was nice to hear that Copilot has been helpful for open source developers.. It still worries me.…

I was told I don't care

Today in Gaming On Linux discord group I was told that "I don't care about my playerbase"…

Easy way to open Discord through Firefox without address bar!

Since the Electron wrapper of Discord is so bad and outdated, especially on Linux,…

I deleted Windows! And switched to Fedora

Last sunday I finally decided it's time to leave Windows properly behind.…

Fixing DNS issues in Kubuntu 22.04

DNS. It's always the effing DNS.…

(I was) Scared of programming

I have always dabbled with programming languages, even as a kid.…

Playing with Matrix: Conduit and Synapse

I've been playing around with Matrix homeservers.…

Why I find Linux gaming important?

People who read this mess of a blog may have noticed that I am very Linux-y.…

My Devterm experience

So I got a Devterm...…

Thoughts on my PineTime

So I got myself a PineTime watch about 8 days ago,…

My character and Matrix server

Just a quick post, I wanted to share two things.…

Kubuntu multimonitor woes and fixes

I have had some problems with Kubuntu working well with multimonitor setup.…

Who is Linux for?

A bit of boring rambling. Something I've been thinking about. Not really answering the question directly.…

Setting up Kubuntu for gaming

I have Kubuntu non-LTS version myself,…

I am tired of social media

Yeah, not uncommon these days.…

Some cosplay photos

Disclaimer: I may be cringe but I am free…

Image: Quake Logo ANSII

Quake Logo ANSII…

Quake Champions on Linux

I just wanted to write down what I had to do to make Quake Champions more playable on my Kubuntu setup. It had lots of stuttering problems for me, so here's what I did to fix it.…

Restrict mouse to first screen on Linux

If there is alternative, better ways, do tell!…

Sennheiser GSP 670 wireless on Linux (Ubuntu based)

Update!

This patch has been added to the kernel, so if you have kernel 5.14.15-200 you should be good to go! It seems to also work on 5.13.0-28 on Kubuntu!…

Image: Lizard Vector

Lizard Vector…

Loputon has been canceled

Bit of sad news: I had to cancel my ARPG project "Loputon."…

Back to Linux!

I wanted to give another Linux distro a try, so I installed Kubuntu instead.…

New theme!

Hi! I made a new theme (or layout) for the blog!…

Bitksel blog archived

Hi, just a quick update!…

I gave Linux gaming a go

I upgraded my PC with Ryzen 5 3600,…

Raylib 3D level collision

I just wanted to quickly recap how I got collisions…

How and why I got into gamedev

I’ve tried many, many creative outlets and other hobbies.…

Quick CMake setup for VSCode

When setting up my ScifiFPS C/Raylib project,…

Welcome to my dev blog!

Man this took long time to set up.…

Bitksel - I joined One Hour Game Jam

This is how it went, or at least how I remember it. It was so hectic this may be out of order but anyway!…

Bitksel - Space Craze: ASTROX

More space games! This time I'm writing about a very simple yet addicting spaceship game called ASTROX: Hostile Space Excavation. I really enjoyed this game and it's getting a sequel soon!…

Bitksel - Space Craze: X3: Terran Conflict/Albion Prelude

Sorry for the month of silence, I didn't have much time/energy to write anything here.…

Bitksel - STRAFE, run 'n gun gore galore

Happy new year 2018 folks!…

Bitksel - Pillars of Eternity stole my heart

I finally finished Pillars of Eternity and it's White March expansions,…

Bitksel - Game Project Summary: Crypt of Darne

I wanted to write this quick summary of how my Crypt of Darne game project went,…

Bitksel - INFRA: Urban exploration the game

Yesterday I finished INFRA, a game about urban exploration.…

Bitksel - Tyranny, the game of choices and consequences

Yesterday, after 13 hours of play, I finished Tyranny.…

Bitksel - Story about why “keeping the scope small” is important

This is another post from my old devlog I'm transfering here. I really liked this post so I thought I'll keep it.…

Bitksel - The 'I don't feel like playing' problem

Sometimes when I read internet forums like Reddit to rot my brain,…

Bitksel - Ah, Morrowind

I've been playing lots of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind lately.…

Bitksel - Bricks with speakers + logos

During christmas holidays I visited my…

Bitksel - Santa Claus in Trouble

I am actually one of those weirdos who love christmas.…

Bitksel - Visiting local arcade!

Today I visited the local arcade called "Pelibunkkeri."…