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Stanislav (Stas) Katkov
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Linux on desktop is happening. I'm permanently building something.

http://devtui.com and http://poshtui.com
Everyone should be using these.
January 18, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Retro player.
January 16, 2026 at 12:04 AM
ClawdBot is fully operational.

It can manage my calendar, obsidian, it can use a browser now. It sent me reminders. Plans my itinerary. Contributes to my GitHub repositories.

This bot is my bitch now.
January 14, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Working on it.
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Looking forward to Markdown as a default markup language.

Stan does great work for rdoc!
RDoc has always supported Markdown as a markup language. But its support was buggy and lacks documentation.
After a year of addressing various related issues, I was able to rewrite a doc for it. I think we'll soon be able to migrate from RDoc to Markdown.

ruby.github.io/rdoc/doc/mar...
January 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Another pocket sized device arrived that will help me decouple from my mobile phone.
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Previous year has been extremely turbolent and stressful. But in the end we came out stronger.

I'm especially happy for my wife. She is growing her business organically and we both learn a ton about running businesses in the Netherlands.
January 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM
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We've reached 77% towards my goal that'll open source www.gh-dash.dev/enhance! 🎉
December 30, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Next year I'm throwing myself to the mercy of luck once more. I've committed all my free time to just one project - poshtui.com

It initially had a lot of good feedback, but I felt stuck with it.

But after a break, I see a clear path forward with it. Just need to execute.
POSH TUI
poshtui.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Bigger organizations are less about technical merit and more about political clout that is built up around ideas.
December 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Maximizing savings, focusing on one product.
December 23, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I have never felt so lost - my favorite coffee roaster changed their packaging art and coffee naming.

It's like starting coffee journey from a blank state again
December 21, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Got banned from WhatsApp, during that one time I actually decided to use it.

Another reason not to use Meta software. Unfortunately it's used by a lot of people in Netherlands.
December 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We gave up on car ownership in the Netherlands, car taxes here are insane. But we rarely need a car.

So instead we rely on car-sharing.

According to Greenwheel stats, this has saved us 2114 EUR this year.
December 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I wrote a small POC AI tool, but my implementation sucked.

But destiny brought me a new friend who took over technical implementation.

It's already way better than my first prototype. Soon to be released!
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Jolla dropped pre-orders for a new phone.

Truly European build, privacy-focused and Linux based (with android compatibility layer).

commerce.jolla.com/products/jol...
Jolla Phone Pre-order Voucher
The independent European Do It Together (DIT) Linux phone, shaped by the people who use it.
commerce.jolla.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
New pebble watch is so close! I can feel it...
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
We migrated from GitHub Issues to Fizzy.

Before we had a garbage dump of issues, but not we're ruthlessly debating if we should not do most of them.

That's the discussion I love to have!
December 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Rails needs a help desk engine.

A lot of it could be built quite fast on rails default components.
December 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
What can I say to a friend who is going through a divorce to cheer him up?
November 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
I'm at the crossroads.

My family wants another kid and my wife is close to age where having kids will be hard or impossible.

I recently started a business, it's doing fine. But have bigger ambitions.

It doesn't feel that both of these things are compatible.
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
I grew up in a household without a father or husband figure. And learned by example, how important men are in our society and family.

Please take a moment to appreciate the men around you. Happy men's day to all!
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A local startup wbso.ai will be helping me apply for tax benefits so I can develop poshtui.com further.
Zelf WBSO aanvragen, eenvoudiger dan ooit | WBSO.ai
Bespaar tijd en geld bij WBSO-aanvragen. Ons AI-platform vereenvoudigt het administratieve proces.
wbso.ai
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Family - or, more generally, the people who depend on me - is probably the main reason that the self-destructive forces within me stay at bay.
November 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM