https://blog.thetextsmith.com/tags/reproducible-computer/ Recent content in Reproducible Computer on Under the Anvil Hugo en-us Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-system-administration-is-applied-text-processing/ Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:40:00 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-system-administration-is-applied-text-processing/ In this article, I look at what system administration entails. We see that the real work is understanding, producing, transforming, and maintaining text. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/build-your-workshop-bench/ Wed, 22 Jul 2026 10:23:03 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/build-your-workshop-bench/ Whenever working on your computer as a textsmith, never let it hold any mysteries beyond its binary data. This post looks at the five directories that you have to harness as part of your workbench. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/your-home-directory-is-your-workshop/ Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:10:11 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/your-home-directory-is-your-workshop/ While you are wondering which area of your computer you have to bakup first, this article demonstrates the importance of your $HOME directory. In fact, you have to treat it as your workshop. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/plain-text-accounting/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:00:44 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/alternative-ways/plain-text-accounting/ How does a textsmith manage his personal finance? This article demonstrates that plain text goes beyond the domain of sysadmin and programming into personal spaces. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/weekly-nugget/putting-your-dotfiles-under-version-control-in-15-minutes/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 11:15:03 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/weekly-nugget/putting-your-dotfiles-under-version-control-in-15-minutes/ This week’s nugget is on version controlling your application configuration files https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-every-textsmith-should-learn-git/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 10:08:52 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/why-every-textsmith-should-learn-git/ Any work that you value has to be placed under version control, not only as part of history but preservation. This article shows why textsmiths should use git. https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-joy-of-dotfiles/ Thu, 09 Jul 2026 18:08:30 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-joy-of-dotfiles/ Dotfiles make it possible to backup your customizations without necessarily starting all over: find the true joy of working with these powerful files https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-appeal-of-configuration-files/ Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:52:10 +0200 https://blog.thetextsmith.com/the-workshop/the-appeal-of-configuration-files/ It was the ini file that started my journey as a textsmith: understanding how these text files, rather than the registry, can change the application behavior made me appreciate the beauty of simple configurations.