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title: Programs I Like
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This is a list of programs which I may or may not have experience with, and why I have a positive regard for them. 

Generally, I adore any tool with a community-based ecosystem that has some component which can be deployed on a server of your choosing. This isolates your data from the data of others and keeps it out of the public eye. Nerdy!

## Anything self-hosted.
- [[on-self-hosted-software|On Self-Hosted Software]]
## Linux.
- 'nuff said.
- [[on-linux|On Linux]]
## Suckless software
- https://suckless.org/ is a wonderful resource for in-depth explanations of why a certain piece of software [sucks](https://suckless.org/sucks/) or [rocks](https://suckless.org/rocks/). However, it's limited to a very specific set of programs. 
- This category typically includes highly flexible pieces of software that I affectionately refer to as "configuration hell." If you're not breaking your entire install every time you want to view a new filetype, you're doing it wrong.
- Here are some strictly software projects, as well as my quick thoughts on each (with a more in-depth explanation sometimes available):
	- [[Programs I Like/code-editors#Neovim|Neovim]], the blazingly fast and highly-configurable terminal text editor.