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Xe Iaso

Technical educator, speaker and developer relations engineer in Ottawa; author of the Anubis bot filter and the blog at xeiaso.net.

5 things

Steam DeckHardware Valve

loved

The Steam Deck was my first taste of PC gaming in a handheld form factor and I love the snot out of my deck.

The Steam Deck is the comparison point throughout the Anbernic Win600 review.

2022-08-19·xeiaso.net ↗

ZSA MoonlanderHardware ZSA

liked

I like the Moonlander. It gets out of my way and lets me focus on writing and code.

Full review of the ZSA Moonlander split keyboard; the post states outright that it is not sponsored and was bought with own money.

2020-11-06·xeiaso.net ↗

suckless toolsSoftware

liked

Suckless offers an alternative to this continuous cycle of bloat and meaningless redesign. Suckless tools aim to keep things simple, minimal, usable and hackable by default.

Post explaining the dwm and st setup in daily use.

2020-06-05·xeiaso.net ↗

MacBook Air (M1)Hardware Apple

mixed

This is an amazing laptop. Its battery life is iPad tier. I can run iPad and iPhone apps seamlessly.

Review of the M1 MacBook Air; praises the machine while calling aarch64 macOS immature.

2021-02-15·xeiaso.net ↗

Anbernic Win600Hardware Anbernic

disliked

I don't know who I would reccomend this device to. The premise of this device has a lot of promise, but in practice it has so many problems that it's overall not really worth choosing in comparison to devices like the Steam Deck.

Full review of the Anbernic Win600 handheld; the post states the device was bought with own money and not sponsored.

2022-08-19·xeiaso.net ↗

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