mmmeon

lab

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

lab

web experiments.

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"hi"

"bye"

"hi"

"hi!"

"hi"

"what's up?"

details lazy embed

click to load are.na embed

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<a href="https://godspeedyoublackemperor.bandcamp.com/album/f-a">F# A# ∞ by Godspeed You Black Emperor!</a>

.files

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

my linux configuration files.

} ls $DOTFILES
aerc    do.sh      gitui      kitty     mise     newsboat  README.md  w3m
asdf    fastfetch  gpg        lf        mpv      nsxiv     remind     wezterm
atuin   firefox    gurk       LICENSE   ncmpcpp  opencode  ssh        wm
bin     gamemode   iwctl      mangohud  neomutt  prettier  tmux       zathura
browsh  git        keepassxc  mcphub    neovim   rbw       vale       zsh

lnko, or stow

there are many ways to manage dotfiles, i previously used a bare git repository that directly placed all files in respective locations. as i regularly switched between devices, i ended up with varied configurations for each device. managing this with branches or multiple repositories in git seemed inconvenient, so i looked for an alternative method.

since then i chose to use gnu stow to manage my configuration. stow manages symlinks using directories as packages. a directory holds files in a structure mirroring their target destination.

so a configuration file at package/.config/package/config can be stowed to ~; this file is now accessible at ~/.config/package/config, as expected by the respective program.

i recently found out about lnko, a "simple stow-like dotfile linker" which i prefer to use. the status and orphan cleanup have been the most useful features for me.

} lnko status
ok           aerc (8 items)
not linked   asdf (2 items)
ok           bin (16 items)
not linked   browsh (1 item)
not linked   curl (1 item)
ok           fastfetch (1 item)
not linked   firefox (1 item)
not linked   gamemode (1 item)
ok           git (1 item)
ok           gitui (2 items)
ok           gpg (6 items)
ok           gurk (1 item)
ok           iwctl (1 item)
ok           keepassxc (1 item)

neovim.

using lazy.nvim as my plugin manager. also a lot of mini.nvim modules by evgeni chasnovski. obsidian.nvim has been great as a heavy obsidian user. my neovim configuration changes frequently, these are the packages i currently use.

   11
   10 o.showmatch = true
    9 o.scrolloff = 10
    8 o.ignorecase = true
    7 o.clipboard = "unnamedplus"
    6 o.conceallevel = 1
    5 o.termguicolors = false
    4
    3 o.autoindent = true
    2 o.smartindent = true
    1 o.expandtab = false
  17  o.tabstop = 4
    1 o.shiftwidth = 4
    2
    3 o.list = true
    4
    5 o.mouse = ""
    6
    7 wo.number = true
    8 wo.relativenumber = true
    9 wo.wrap = false
   10
 NORMAL  󰀪 5 󰌶 2  settings.lua            utf-8  unix   lua  t  m  54%   17:1

i also configured neovim to use the terminal colors by default. thanks to mini.base16 syntax highlighting and the like work properly.

fastfetch.

} ff
user@test
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sh  zsh 5.9
wm  awesome (X11)
hos Laptop 13 (AMD Ryzen 7040Series) (A5)
ker Linux 6.15.9-arch1-1
upt 2 hours, 20 mins
pkg 1065 (pacman)
mem 5.16 GiB / 14.93 GiB (35%)
bat 72% (3 hours, 23 mins remaining) [Discharging]

newsboat.

my rss reader of choice. i've updated keybind and macros to have navigation other TUIs that i use. importantly, i've added keybinds to open articles in different programs. i find this necessary, since i follow youtube channels and podcasts with rss.

the external "readers" i use include mpv, w3m, rdrview & speedread.

  18        (0/11) build times
  40        (0/11) geoffrey litt
  47        (0/52) halestrom
  50        (0/27) henry (from online)
  52       (0/108) heydon
  53         (0/3) hold the robot
  60        (0/77) josh comeau
  66       (0/118) maggie appleton
  67        (0/47) manuel moreale
  72         (0/4) mmmeon
  73        (0/61) mu-an's notes
  74        (0/10) mu-an's posts
  77        (0/33) nayuki
  79        (0/15) neil panchal
  83        (0/22) nrk
  84         (0/2) oddlama
  96       (0/106) rachelbythebay
 106       (0/645) simon willison
 111        (0/17) svnscha
 112        (0/25) tanner's site (t0.vc)
 124       (0/101) una kravets online
 131        (0/10) xe iaso
 134        (0/11) yobibyte

aerc.

my favourite email client.

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inbox       (0)                              (empty)
archive   (179)
spam        (0)
sent       (21)
drafts      (3)
trash       (0)

tmux.

(0) + mail: 1 windows
(1) + notes: 1 windows
(2) + mmmeon: 3 windows (attached)
(3) + atm: 3 windows
(4) + repos: 1 windows
(5) + feeds: 1 windows
.
┌ mmmeon (sort: index) ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ } npm run s             │>   >   ...collectionsAp│    3                      │
│                         │>   ]);                 │    2 # stow               │
│ > s                     │>   eleventyConfig.addFi│    1                      │
│ > npx --node-options='--│>   >   const date = new│E 30  there are many ways  │
│ iet --in┌───────┐       │>   > ┌──────────┐entDat│W   1 i ┌────────┐ used a  │
│         │ 1:npm │       │>   > │ 2:[tmux] │etYear│    2 as│ 3:nvim │ly switc │
│ [11ty] C└───────┘rote 18│>   > └──────────┘ date.│    3 i └────────┘ith vari │
│ [11ty] Watching…        │>   >   >   >   timeZone│W   4 managing this with b │
│ [11ty] Server at http://│>   >   >   >   year: "n│    5 so i looked for an a │
│                         │>   >   >   });         │    6                      │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 1) npm   2) tree-mode) [tmux]   3) nvim                              user@test

mpv.

mpv is the best video player i've ever used. minimal, highly configurable, open source and a rich plugin ecosystem.

awesomewm.

core part of my computing experience, i use awesomewm on all of my personal computers. i have a separate post about it.

colophon

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

behind this site.

tools used

inspiration

gemma copeland has a nice display of their are.na channels. her site is open source and built with 11ty, so i took the source to experiment with how i'd do something similar here. ended up handwriting my own are.na integration. can't say it looks nicer than hers.

mu-an chiou's site is the first (and only) place i've seen openstories. although i decided to do something similar, turns out my goal breaks the spec in a few ways.

i took nrk's email styling after spam led me to remove my mailto link.

the slashpages directory informed me of now, ai, uses, links and others.

linus rogge's info page helped me structure my about page. their log page was nice.

i keep an updated collection of inspiration on are.na.

awesomewm

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

awesomewm is a window manager framework with a widget system. using lua, i have configured awesomewm to a enjoyable and minimally viable desktop environment. my configuration currently supports multiple monitors, spaces, tiling & floating window management, media control, notifications, system tray and some small utilities.

the original plan was to have most elements attached to the menubar at the bottom of the screen, like notifications and control panel.

i've since been inspired by the dynamic island on ios. currently changing the menubar to become similarly small, expandable and contextual.

i run this window manager on multiple devices. a desktop, which is often connected to a 27" (2560x1440) display, and a laptop with a 13" (2256x1504) display. i don't have a steam deck, but that has a 7.4" (1280x800) screen.

webc:scoped

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

tldr

Use <style webc:nokeep> without the :host selector to keep component tags out of bundled html.

random-component.webc

<random-component class="random-component">
  <slot>fallback</slot>
</random-component>
<style webc:nokeep>
  .random-component {
      ...
  }
</style>

background

scoped components in webc sounds like a good way to create small webpages. the scoped styles and scripts are bundled alongside the component, and are only requested by webpages that use the component. here's a webc file based on the scoped component example from the documentation:

random-component.webc

random
<style webc:scoped>
  :host {
    color: blue;
  }
</style>

that produces something similar to:

<random-component class="wcl2xedjk">random</random-component>

since it wasn't defined with webc:scoped="desired-name", the component's class was randomly generated. the component tag (<random-component ... >) remains in the final html, including its attributes. since data is passed to components via attributes, this may result in some attribute="[object Object]" in the final html.

to show both of these problems, here's the markup of my old footer once built.

<footer class="footer" primaries="[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]" me="[object Object]" metadata="[object Object]" links="[object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object], [object Object]">
    <footer class="h-card">
        <div> ... </div>
        <nav class="sitemap"> ... </nav>
    </footer>
</footer>

resolution

all of those side effects could be avoided if these were html-only components. that can simply be done by adding webc:nokeep to the style and script tags.

moved the styles to a separate webc file.
replaced the host selector with a class.
imported css with <style webc:is="css.webc" webc:nokeep>.

random-component.webc

<random-component class="random-component"> ... </random-component>
<style webc:is="css.random-component" webc:nokeep></style>

css.random-component.webc

<style>
  .random-component {
      ...
  }
</style>

single-file

this can be done in a single file, by adding webc:nokeep to the style tag.

trade offs

well, this isn't webc:scoped. so no styles deduplication or :host selector available.

obtainium

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

i use obtainium to manage most of the apps installed on my android phone. a table of the apps in my obtainium export is below, and the the file itself at obtainium.json.

some apps are only distributed through the google play store. these apps are managed by aurora store on my device.

app	notes
Are.na	great for adding media to are.na with share integration
Symfonium	the best audio player i've ever used on android, works with (open)subsonic & more

html day

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

2025

i participated in html day this year. after seeing its are.na, i decided to take the train tolast minute.

on the way, i decided to build an interface for openstories on this site. the resulting demo page webpage is here and shown below.

now to get this configured with openstories and 11ty...

gpg, ssh & git

2026-03-14T12:58:14Z

```shell-session ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Please enter the passphrase for the ssh key │ │ SHA256:AbCd3FgHiJ8Lm84nOpQrStuVwxYz1234567890aBceL │ │ │ │ │ │ Passphrase: ________________________________________ │ │ │ ││ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ ```

the ugh

i was having some issues with using multiple accounts in git while managing ssh and pgp keys with gpg-agent. gpg-agent picked ssh keys based on fixed priority, so the selected didn't always have access to my current repository. pinentry-curses, which i otherwise like, doesn't show the name or email of the identity when prompting for ssh key. pinentry frequently prompted for a password of a key that didn't have access to the remote repository.

i needed to ensure that ssh key always corresponds to the repository.

what's working.

a login script searches for gpg keys based on any identifier, enables ssh for those keys with gpg-agent and exports the public ssh keys for use in the ssh configuration.

$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/login/gpg

if command -v gpg-agent > /dev/null; then
	gpg-connect-agent updatestartuptty /bye > /dev/null 2>&1
    sshs_location="$GNUPGHOME/sshs"
    key_directory="$HOME/.ssh/public"
	if [[ -f "$sshs_location" ]]; then
		while IFS= read -r line; do
			keygrip=$(gpg --list-secret-keys --with-keygrip --with-colons "$line" 2>/dev/null | awk -F: '
				BEGIN { found_auth = 0 }
				($1 == "sub" || $1 == "ssb") {
					if (index($12, "a") > 0) {
						found_auth = 1
					} else {
						found_auth = 0
					}
				}
				$1 == "grp" && found_auth == 1 {
					print $10
					exit 0
				}
			')
			if [[ -n "$keygrip" ]]; then
				gpg-connect-agent "keyattr $keygrip Use-for-ssh: true" /bye > /dev/null
				if [[ ! -f "$key_directory/$line.ssh" ]]; then
					gpg --export-ssh-key "$line" > "$key_directory/$line.ssh"
				fi
			fi
		done < "$sshs_location"
	fi
fi

this improves on the deprecated but convenient sshcontrol file that requires a list of keygrips. instead sshs can use any identifier as long as it results in one key.

$GNUPGHOME/sshs

si@mmmeon
n@users.noreply.github.com
0x30FDAS89S1K50

finally, the ssh configuration needs to use these ssh keys. fake hosts specify a unique host & identity file combination. the configuration doesn't need this when each provider maps has one account.

$HOME/.ssh/config

+ Host mmm.sr.ht
+    HostName git.sr.ht
+    User git
+    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/public/si@mmmeon.ssh
+    IdentitiesOnly yes
- Host git.sr.ht
-    User git
-    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/public/si@mmmeon.ssh
-    IdentitiesOnly yes

in the multi-account setup git@git.sr.ht:~mmmeon/dot intuitively becomes mmm.sr.ht:~/mmmeon/dot.