A readme file for Dylan Araps from 3 days ago saying “have taken up farming” and the github page for neofetch has also been archived. Good for him I guess.
At some point every professional computer person - programmer, sysadmin, whatever - will seriously consider piling all their computers into a big pile, lighting them on fire, and moving to the country to start a new life making things with their hands
Plants and animals don’t file tickets.
Things made out of wood don’t suddenly stop working cos you looked away for 15 seconds and Wood v2.1.4 is incompatible with Nails v4.0, but if you upgrade Nails you also have to upgrade Paint to v2.2 and they completely changed their API because the old API wasn’t sufficiently cool anymore
Woodworking is very popular among techies for a reason. As are playing music and climbing (bouldering)
You thought
In fact, your farm equipment is made not to be repaired by you. Your tractors and what have you are very anti repair
I’ve basically done that minus the lighting stuff on fire part. Moved out to the country, still making a living with the whole computer stuff but I own some forest, I’m a volunteer firefighter and I’ve got a huge, wild garden.
It’s good for my mental health.
I’m more of the “Van by the River” or “Hermit in a Log Cabin” type.
So he went out to touch grass literally
Ugh another developer lost to the outside.
One of us… One of us… One of us!
It’s all fun and games until you realize modern farm equipment has more shitty tech in it than the datacenters you’re running away from
You make a good point but I think farmers get to see this thing called the sun. I hear it’s pretty neat but I wouldn’t know myself.
There’s a reason I farm with old relics, they aren’t “optimized” like the new stuff but they’re cheap and reliable to keep running.
Most of my implements don’t even have an electrical connection and some of the tractors have literally a starter motor, alternator, battery. Maybe lights if you’re lucky!
The sheeps seem to compile themselves.
Using Linux is just the first step to leaving tech and becoming a farmer. And we all want it one day
Dylan is a genius of the profound variety. I was concerned when he seemed to disappear; I’m delighted it looks like a happier ending.
Thank you for making the world make better sense, Dylan!
exit 0exit 0🥹
He became friends with mental outlaw, didn’t he?
Sometimes I feel like farming would be better than DevOps.
Whats a good alternative?
Get a remote job and do both until you know enough to quit tech?
I meant for neofetch lol
Man got tired of working for JojaMart
as a relative outsider looking into this this is a profoundly bittersweet/wholesome story lol. almost akin to bill watterson. glad fans of his can know he’s okay 💙
That guy has some great projects
Had*
Well, farming is a cool project but I don’t think that’s what you’re referring to.
He means Stardew Valley though
RIP neofetch, good luck to Dylan.
