rassol.sh https://rassol.duckdns.org/ half-finished thoughts on software, coffee, and getting lost en I rewrote my dotfiles around a single Makefilehttps://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/single-makefile-dotfiles/https://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/single-makefile-dotfiles/Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0000After years of a tangled install.sh and a homegrown bootstrapper, I tore my dotfiles down and rebuilt them around one Makefile. Here's why it stuck, what I got wrong, and the targets I actually use. Eight months chasing a decent espresso at homehttps://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/eight-months-home-espresso/https://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/eight-months-home-espresso/Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0000Eight months, one used machine, and a small pile of beans later — here's what actually moved the needle on home espresso, and what was just me buying my way out of a problem I didn't understand yet. A slow week of trains through northern Portugalhttps://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/slow-trains-northern-portugal/https://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/slow-trains-northern-portugal/Sun, 07 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000A week of unhurried regional trains through the Douro valley and the north of Portugal — small stations, bad coffee, good views, and what a slow itinerary teaches you about pacing. The plain-text to-do list that finally stuckhttps://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/plain-text-todo-that-stuck/https://rassol.duckdns.org/notes/plain-text-todo-that-stuck/Sat, 21 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000After a decade of bouncing between fancy task apps, I gave up and went back to a single plain-text file. Here's the absurdly simple setup that's lasted eight months and counting.