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Author: Eamon Caddigan <eamon.caddigan@gmail.com>
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+title: "Weeknote for 2025-W10"
+description: "Personal and indie websites, buying ebooks, fed news, and LazyVim"
+date: 2025-03-03T19:21:08-08:00
+draft: false
+categories:
+- Weeknotes
+---
+
+## Personal websites are _in_
+
+This week's zeitgeist brought a bunch of new (to me) stuff about indie and personal websites to my attention.
+
+- [This page is under construction: A love letter to the personal
+website](https://localghost.dev/blog/this-page-is-under-construction/)
+- [Why Personal Websites Matter More Than
+Ever](https://www.joanwestenberg.com/why-personal-websites-matter-more-than-ever/)
+- [Good Internet](https://goodinternetmagazine.com/), a new magazine about the
+web that's launching soon
+- [smallweb](https://smallweb.cc/), "a curated collection of cool indie
+websites"
+- [indieblog.page](https://indieblog.page/): "randomly explore the IndieWeb"
+
+These (pseudo) weeknotes represent my attempt to write more here, following a
+[#DecemberAdventure]({{< ref "/december-adventure/" >}}) spent making it
+easier to post.
+
+## Today's ebook buying experience
+
+I appreciate this overview of the current ebook purchasing landscape. It's
+easy to understand why publishers like DRM, but readers are ill-served by it:
+_especially_ folks who buy their books through legitimate channels. The author
+of this piece is technically breaking the law (in the US at least---I don't
+know where they're located) just to buy an ebook and convert it into a format
+that will work on their current e-reader and whatever device they purchase
+next.
+
+[Buying books in
+2025](https://notes.jays.net/blog/ebooks/#buying-books-in-2025)
+
+## What's new in the federal government
+
+Last week I lost some time to the "five bullets" debacle, and today I lost
+more to the followup; apparently this is going to be a weekly thing now? In my
+experience, the first people to flee an organization that starts treating its
+workers this way are the most talented and hard-working.
+
+The sacking of 18F strikes me as particularly wrongheaded. They represented
+some of the best technologists in the executive branch, all working for a
+fraction of what their labor is worth, because they believe in the mission of
+making the federal government more efficient and effective for the American
+public. I wonder which news agency will drop the credulous act, do some
+journalism, and start reporting on the true motivations of these
+decisions---they clearly aren't meant to improve governmental efficiency.
+Anyone can make wild guesses at the end game here[^guess], but a talented and
+appropriately resourced reporter could really rake some muck.
+
+[18F: We are dedicated to the American public. And we aren't done
+yet.](https://18f.org/)
+
+## Trying LazyVim
+
+Since I actually write code for work[^pm], I decided that I'd compliment [my
+VS Code experiments]({{< ref
+"/posts/weeknotes/2025-w09/#whats-new-in-the-federal-government" >}}) by
+trying out the popular [LazyVim](http://www.lazyvim.org/) configuration with
+[my favorite editor]({{< ref "/posts/vim" >}}). In some ways, I'm finding the
+learning curve to be more of a challenge than adapting to VS Code. I suppose
+it's easier to accept an all new editor than a complete reimagining of one I
+know well.
+
+This ebook was recommended to me and it's a great resource. I'll admit that
+I'm not in a great position to read it beginning-to-end, since I already know
+Vim basics (to which it serves as an approachable introduction) and, as a busy
+Federal employee, I need to get some code written. But if you're a Vim-curious
+programmer, I suggest giving this a try.
+
+[LazyVim for Ambitious
+Developers](https://lazyvim-ambitious-devs.phillips.codes/)
+
+[^guess]: I certainly have, though I will keep them offline.
+
+[^pm]: Although, [as I mentioned previously]({{< ref
+ "/posts/weeknotes/2025-w05/#speaking-of-the-day-job" >}}), I've picked up
+some product management responsibilities in FY25.
