My blogposts
My blog has now webmention support! ↗
Hey there, I have been reading about IndieWeb and found out about something called Webmentions.…
Read more…Happy Holidays 2025! ↗
Happy holidays everyone.…
Read more…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…
Read more…The move from Blue Systems to TechPaladin ↗
People have been a bit weirded by what happened during this period.…
Read more…Akademy 2025 - My first talk! ↗
Once again, all KDE nerds had their yearly gathering around somewhere in the world.…
Read more…NetSurf on reMarkable 2 ↗
One thing I always have wished that my reMarkable 2 had was web browser.…
Read more…Various desktop Linux tips for newbies ↗
There has been quite a surge in interest towards desktop Linux lately.…
Read more…Kate and Python Language Server: Basedpyright ↗
This post is somewhat an update for my older post: Kate and Python language server…
Read more…KomoDo, my first KDE app ↗
During all my time with KDE projects, I've never made an app from scratch.. Except now.…
Read more…Shedding (Cosplay Photos) ↗
I wanted to do some fun little photoshoot with my new tattoo and my lizard cosplay.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Game Ramblings: Quitters, Splitgate 2, Daggerfall ↗
I love FPS games, especially fast paced PVP FPS games.…
Read more…I got my first tattoo ↗
I promised to share this here too, so here you go, I finally got a proper tattoo!…
Read more…Ramble: Tired and Emotional ↗
Note: This is not a techy post or anything. It's personal post. Ramble. Feel free to ignore it.…
Read more…My changes to saving Konsole tab layouts ↗
I recently made a patch to Konsole terminal emulator, that…
Read more…Kummacon 2025 cosplay photos ↗
I visited Kummacon today and it was fun! Saw a lot of cool art and trinkets…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Anubis protects this blog now ↗
Edit: I disabled Anubis for now.…
Read more…Kate and Python language server ↗
As much as I love Kate editor, as I mentioned in my previous post, setting up Python language server…
Read more…How I use Kate Editor ↗
I love the Kate Text editor. I use it for pretty much all the programming projects I do.…
Read more…KURLNavBar and me ↗
I made a change to the KURLNavBar according to old mockup, since we hoped it would be easier to use.…
Read more…Desktop icons are surprisingly hard! ↗
I spent past three weeks working on refactoring and fixing legacy code…
Read more…Moving my game project from C to Odin language ↗
Some months ago, I got really fed up with C.…
Read more…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:.…
Read more…My Akademy 2024 trip ↗
Akademy is this yearly thing where bunch of KDE people go to talk about and work on KDE software.…
Read more…KIO Thumbnailer Support ↗
The KIO Framework has gained support for de-facto standard, cross-desktop thumbnail generators.…
Read more…Kate and OrgMode ↗
I have a very.. unusual notetaking and task setup with Kate, using Orgmode files.…
Read more…Family of free and friendly open source software ↗
Or FOFAFOSS. Rolls right off your tongue.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Debug symbols for all! ↗
When running Linux software and encountering a crash, and you make a bug…
Read more…And who is going to clean up? ↗
I was listening Late Night Linux podcast episode 264 and they were chatting about AI, as usual.…
Read more…First week of fulltime KDE ↗
Seems getting laid off was pretty good for me after all. Funny how things go sometimes.…
Read more…I got laid off from work... ↗
Hello, today I got laid off from my current workplace.…
Read more…I burned out, again.. And how I let myself heal. ↗
Sorry KDE Planet readers, this is just rambly non-techy post.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Video: We visited Stockholm! ↗
My wife made a video of us visiting Stockholm,…
Read more…Trust in software is important for me ↗
Preface: What is trust to me?…
Read more…Why I don't like ads ↗
It's common to dislike ads. They're annoying for many.…
Read more…I got married! ↗
After ten years of dating, me and tecsiederp got finally married.…
Read more…Why I will likely never use AI programming tools ↗
I actually like writing code.…
Read more…My thoughts on Flatpak (that nobody asked for) ↗
Hindsight preface: This was written in very tired state.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…I blocked Hacker News and you can too ↗
No, not april fools.…
Read more…My game was illegally uploaded on Steam ↗
Quick post for this time.…
Read more…FOSS communities: You don't need to yell ↗
This is kind of open letter I suppose.…
Read more…My podcast tastes ↗
I just wanted to write this down since I've been talking a bit about podcasts on fediverse.…
Read more…Pointless tribalism in FOSS ↗
Rant incoming. This isn't written that well but idgaf. I just need to get this out of my system.…
Read more…How to use Matrix ↗
As I've gotten more into FOSS, I've noticed a lot of FOSS projects, like KDE, use Matrix protocol.…
Read more…How to rotate an actor with Raylib without math knowledge ↗
Rotate what now? Aks, what are you talking about?…
Read more…I made outlines for KDE Breeze window decoration ↗
Window outlines! Yet another KDE contribution by yours truly!…
Read more…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.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Simple Arduino Temperature meter ↗
I decided it was time to dust off my Arduino starter kit I got like.. over 5 years ago?…
Read more…Testing GoatCounter ↗
Just a super short post this time!…
Read more…Server migration, from Digital Ocean to Hetzner ↗
Well that took a while.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…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"…
Read more…Easy way to open Discord through Firefox without address bar! ↗
Since the Electron wrapper of Discord is so bad and outdated, especially on Linux,…
Read more…I deleted Windows! And switched to Fedora ↗
Last sunday I finally decided it's time to leave Windows properly behind.…
Read more…Fixing DNS issues in Kubuntu 22.04 ↗
DNS. It's always the effing DNS.…
Read more…(I was) Scared of programming ↗
I have always dabbled with programming languages, even as a kid.…
Read more…Playing with Matrix: Conduit and Synapse ↗
I've been playing around with Matrix homeservers.…
Read more…Why I find Linux gaming important? ↗
People who read this mess of a blog may have noticed that I am very Linux-y.…
Read more…My Devterm experience ↗
So I got a Devterm...…
Read more…Thoughts on my PineTime ↗
So I got myself a PineTime watch about 8 days ago,…
Read more…My character and Matrix server ↗
Just a quick post, I wanted to share two things.…
Read more…Kubuntu multimonitor woes and fixes ↗
I have had some problems with Kubuntu working well with multimonitor setup.…
Read more…Who is Linux for? ↗
A bit of boring rambling. Something I've been thinking about. Not really answering the question directly.…
Read more…Setting up Kubuntu for gaming ↗
I have Kubuntu non-LTS version myself,…
Read more…I am tired of social media ↗
Yeah, not uncommon these days.…
Read more…Some cosplay photos ↗
Disclaimer: I may be cringe but I am free…
Read more…Image: Quake Logo ANSII ↗
Quake Logo ANSII…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Restrict mouse to first screen on Linux ↗
If there is alternative, better ways, do tell!…
Read more…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!…
Read more…Image: Lizard Vector ↗
Lizard Vector…
Read more…Loputon has been canceled ↗
Bit of sad news: I had to cancel my ARPG project "Loputon."…
Read more…Back to Linux! ↗
I wanted to give another Linux distro a try, so I installed Kubuntu instead.…
Read more…New theme! ↗
Hi! I made a new theme (or layout) for the blog!…
Read more…Bitksel blog archived ↗
Hi, just a quick update!…
Read more…I gave Linux gaming a go ↗
I upgraded my PC with Ryzen 5 3600,…
Read more…Raylib 3D level collision ↗
I just wanted to quickly recap how I got collisions…
Read more…How and why I got into gamedev ↗
I’ve tried many, many creative outlets and other hobbies.…
Read more…Quick CMake setup for VSCode ↗
When setting up my ScifiFPS C/Raylib project,…
Read more…Welcome to my dev blog! ↗
Man this took long time to set up.…
Read more…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!…
Read more…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!…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Bitksel - STRAFE, run 'n gun gore galore ↗
Happy new year 2018 folks!…
Read more…Bitksel - Pillars of Eternity stole my heart ↗
I finally finished Pillars of Eternity and it's White March expansions,…
Read more…Bitksel - Game Project Summary: Crypt of Darne ↗
I wanted to write this quick summary of how my Crypt of Darne game project went,…
Read more…Bitksel - INFRA: Urban exploration the game ↗
Yesterday I finished INFRA, a game about urban exploration.…
Read more…Bitksel - Tyranny, the game of choices and consequences ↗
Yesterday, after 13 hours of play, I finished Tyranny.…
Read more…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.…
Read more…Bitksel - The 'I don't feel like playing' problem ↗
Sometimes when I read internet forums like Reddit to rot my brain,…
Read more…Bitksel - Ah, Morrowind ↗
I've been playing lots of The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind lately.…
Read more…Bitksel - Bricks with speakers + logos ↗
During christmas holidays I visited my…
Read more…Bitksel - Santa Claus in Trouble ↗
I am actually one of those weirdos who love christmas.…
Read more…Bitksel - Visiting local arcade! ↗
Today I visited the local arcade called "Pelibunkkeri."…
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