<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Home on Liana Sargent</title><link>https://lianas.org/</link><description>Recent content in Home on Liana Sargent</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en-us</language><copyright>Writing by Liana Sargent</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://lianas.org/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Projects</title><link>https://lianas.org/projects/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/projects/</guid><description/></item><item><title>Links</title><link>https://lianas.org/links/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/links/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="directory-of-links-and-things"&gt;Directory of links and things&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Get off of platforms&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://libera.chat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Libera Chat&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://selfh.st/apps/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Self-Hosted Software Index&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://brennan.day/indieweb/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Indieweb themes, tools, and resources&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/31/unsatisfying-answers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;You can&amp;rsquo;t fight enshittification&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Software&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://people.freebsd.org/~lstewart/articles/cpumemory.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What Every Programmer Should Know About Memory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://beej.us/guide/bglcs/html/split/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Beej&amp;rsquo;s Guide to Learning Computer Science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://nix.dev/reference/nix-manual.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Nix Reference Manual&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://drewdevault.com/weird-guys/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Weird little guys of FOSS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Chicago&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pumpingstationone.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Pumping Station: One&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://whoownschi.miurban-dashboards.org/map_explore" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Who Owns Chicago&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://landlordmapper.org/en/chi/home" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Landlord Mapper&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tools&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tosdr.org/en" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Terms of Service, Didn&amp;rsquo;t Read&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Open Secrets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Main_Page" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Consumer Rights Wiki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://unicodes.jessetane.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Unicodes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tidbits&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://plbrault.github.io/youre-the-os/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;You&amp;rsquo;re the OS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://newsletterhunt.com/emails/205961" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Put the Data Center in the Box&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://grugbrain.dev/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;complexity bad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://diataxis.fr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Diátaxis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://1001albumsgenerator.com/albums" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;1001 Albums&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Philosophy&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Tools</title><link>https://lianas.org/tools/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/tools/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="tools"&gt;Tools&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="software"&gt;Software&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I use &lt;a href="https://helix-editor.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Helix Editor&lt;/a&gt; because of the project&amp;rsquo;s policy of minimalism in implementing core features and also because I like Rust. I&amp;rsquo;ve used Neovim in the past but ultimately wasn&amp;rsquo;t satisfied with the plugin dependency soup.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;OS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I like &lt;a href="https://nixos.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;NixOS&lt;/a&gt; because I can declare systems exactly how I want, reuse software components, and worry less about losing any material possessions! For gaming, I use a system running &lt;a href="https://bazzite.gg/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Bazzite&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Terminal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Kitty&lt;/a&gt; but &lt;a href="https://alacritty.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Alacritty&lt;/a&gt; is nice too.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>linux</title><link>https://lianas.org/linux/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/linux/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="linux"&gt;Linux&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NixOS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://guekka.github.io/nixos-server-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;NixOS Impermanence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Security&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://marcusb.org/posts/2024/03/consolidated-guide-to-using-yubikeys-with-linux/#remotesudo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Consolidated guide to using Yubikeys with Linux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Learning materials&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Linux From Scratch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://0xax.gitbooks.io/linux-insides/content/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Linux Insides&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://linux-kernel-labs.github.io/refs/heads/master/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Linux Kernel Teaching&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://ebpf.party/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;eBPF Party&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Useful documentation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://devguide.owasp.org/en/02-foundations/03-security-principles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;OWASP Principles of security&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/using_selinux/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Using SELinux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/security_hardening/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Security hardening&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/monitoring_and_managing_system_status_and_performance/index" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Monitoring and managing system status and performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/managing_file_systems/factors-affecting-i-o-and-file-system-performance" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Factors affecting I/O and file system performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/10/html/configuring_firewalls_and_packet_filters/getting-started-with-xdp-and-ebpf" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Getting started with XDP and eBPF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description></item><item><title>hardware</title><link>https://lianas.org/hardware/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/hardware/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="hardware"&gt;Hardware&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://cpu.land/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;cpu.land&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;SemiAnalysis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Open source hardware&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.opentools.studio/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;OpenTools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/hypfer/valetudo" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Free your robot vacuum from the cloud&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://colonelpanic.tech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Colonel Panic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Vendors&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.crowdsupply.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Crowdsupply&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.adafruit.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Adafruit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://frame.work/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Framework Laptop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Price tracking&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://pcpartpicker.com/trends/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Hardware Prices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://diskprices.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Disk Prices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;References&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_CPU_microarchitectures#Roadmap" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Intel Microarchitectures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_AMD_CPU_microarchitectures#x86_microarchitectures" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;AMD Microarchitectures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description></item><item><title>Games</title><link>https://lianas.org/games/</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/games/</guid><description>&lt;h2 id="games"&gt;Games&lt;/h2&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2026"&gt;2026&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Clair Obscur&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Life is Strange&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Life is Strange: Before the Storm&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2025"&gt;2025&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Disco Elysium&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Baldur&amp;rsquo;s Gate 3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2024"&gt;2024&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Stray&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Inscryption&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2023"&gt;2023&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Umineko: When They Cry Answer Arcs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;h3 id="2022"&gt;2022&lt;/h3&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Umineko: When They Cry Question Arcs&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Horizon: Zero Dawn&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Enderal: Forgotten Stories&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description></item><item><title>I am actually starting to use this site</title><link>https://lianas.org/posts/starting-to-use-this-site/</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/posts/starting-to-use-this-site/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;Finally, after setting up this website at the beginning of 2026, I&amp;rsquo;ve begun to populate it with a little bit of myself. I will likely come back and update this post, but I thought I&amp;rsquo;d make a note of it and publish this on its own. Good job Liana!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>What do I actually want? Part 1: Solitude</title><link>https://lianas.org/posts/what-do-i-actually-want-part-1/</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/posts/what-do-i-actually-want-part-1/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I would like to have more solitude, since when I&amp;rsquo;m alone I have more time with myself and when I take time to be with myself I seem to have a better understanding of who I am and what I like. I can &lt;em&gt;kind of&lt;/em&gt; learn things about myself by being around other people and noticing how the way I act or feel changes, but what I&amp;rsquo;m really talking about is lingering in myself, like brewing a big Liana tea.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>In the spirit of generosity</title><link>https://lianas.org/posts/in-the-spirit-of-generosity/</link><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://lianas.org/posts/in-the-spirit-of-generosity/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;I think one of the &amp;ldquo;words of the year&amp;rdquo; for me for 2026 is &lt;em&gt;generosity&lt;/em&gt;. I would like to be more generous with &lt;em&gt;me&lt;/em&gt;, my personality, and with wisdom. Even the &lt;a href="https://www.lotsawahouse.org/indian-masters/shantideva/bodhicharyavatara-3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;The Way of The Bodhisattva&lt;/a&gt; calls for generosity with wisdom. There&amp;rsquo;s a translation of the text from our local &lt;a href="https://www.zenbuddhisttemple.org/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Zen Buddhist Temple&lt;/a&gt; (Sunim lineage) that I like, but I can&amp;rsquo;t find it anywhere.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&amp;rsquo;ve refrained from generosity in some ways because I&amp;rsquo;ve thought that sharing wisdom would be taken poorly, or for fear of judgment. I&amp;rsquo;ve also refrained from being generous with &lt;em&gt;who I am&lt;/em&gt; because I haven&amp;rsquo;t had the confidence to do so. I feel like that&amp;rsquo;s changing for me this year, which I&amp;rsquo;m really happy about!&lt;/p&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>