https://smallwat3r.com/blog/ Personal blog covering Emacs, custom keyboards, and software engineering. en https://smallwat3r.com/blog/coding-font-journey https://smallwat3r.com/blog/coding-font-journey A personal journey through coding fonts, from Consolas on Windows to Monaco on macOS, bitmap fonts on Linux, and putting together my own OCR-based monospace font. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/fast-zsh https://smallwat3r.com/blog/fast-zsh Practical techniques to get ZSH startup under 30ms. Covers bytecode compilation, deferred initialization, replacing external plugins, optimizing the git prompt, and profiling. Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/vanilla-emacs-config https://smallwat3r.com/blog/vanilla-emacs-config Why I left Doom Emacs for a hand-rolled config. Covers Elpaca, deferred loading, a minimal modeline, project.el, workspaces with tab-bar, Eat terminal, and the philosophy of building something simple from scratch. Fri, 06 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/rpi-gardener https://smallwat3r.com/blog/rpi-gardener A deep dive into building a plant monitoring system using a Raspberry Pi 4 and Pico. Covers hardware setup, software architecture, real-time data streaming, alert system, and Docker deployment. Fri, 30 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/qmk-keymap-smallcat https://smallwat3r.com/blog/qmk-keymap-smallcat A deep dive into my QMK configuration for the Smallcat, a 26-key keyboard. Covers layers, combos, tap-hold, chordal hold, and custom features. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 19:45:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/doom-emacs-config https://smallwat3r.com/blog/doom-emacs-config A deep dive into my Doom Emacs configuration. Covers custom modules, Evil keybindings, terminal integration, and various hacks for a productive workflow. Tue, 20 Jan 2026 09:30:00 +0000 https://smallwat3r.com/blog/zsh-config https://smallwat3r.com/blog/zsh-config A walkthrough of my modular ZSH configuration. Covers performance optimizations, custom prompt with git status, completion system, plugins, and tool-specific helpers. Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:15:00 +0000