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Suckless

thoughts on software that sucks less

start: 2026.04.24, 23:11 · end: 2026.04.24, 23:11
status: In Progress

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 · certainty: likely

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 · importance: 8/10

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The Suckless philosophy, developed by the suckless team, focuses on simplicity, clarity, and frugality. They are a small software community that creates open source software targeted toward the advanced user, one who is willing to put time into understanding how their system works. It is a philosophy that has, since I learned about it, slowly begun to take over every facet of my life. I am a strong believer that things should be as simple as possible, and no simpler. This aligns with the fact that simplicity should never go so far as to contradict clarity, as at that point you have just discovered a new type of complexity. The philosophy, though crafted around programming, ties into themes of proper minimalism and can be extrapolated easily to other areas of one's life.

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