Antonio Santos

We don’t notice the small constants in our lives until they’re gone.

After a gear switch, I rediscovered my passion for photography by focusing on birding and wildlife with a new telephoto lens.

Glasses are my lifeline; without them, the world is a blur, and everyday tasks become a struggle. Losing them is my biggest fear.

I read Issac Asimov’s *I, Robot* last year and was blown away by his world-building style and I kinda want to copy it.

I forgot what this post was originally about.

I’ve realized the importance of owning my books and movies, opting for DRM-free options and physical copies to avoid being locked into platforms.

Reading through an RSS feed can dull the experience of enjoying a blog's unique style—try visiting the site directly for the full effect.

I’ve been thinking about game development all week.

The dopamine is not dopamining.

I came across this funny series of posts by Quailblog and thought it’d be funny to reply with a bird picture of my own

I’ve been into photography since middle school, but it wasn’t until summer of 2015 that I was able to get my first DSLR...

It's a relief to realize I don't need to constantly improve my blog; sometimes, just writing is enough.

I missed Junited 2026, but I'm excited to connect with others through JulyReply 2026 and explore how to share these posts.

I've added Webmention support to my blog, allowing for cross-site conversations and making it easier to connect with others in the indie web community.

I relate to the struggle of juggling hobbies and the guilt that comes with not dedicating enough time to them, as reflected in Ludalx's video.

Ideas, likes matter, cannot be created or destroyed. Only rearranged.

I migrated my site from Astro to Django to simplify my writing workflow and eliminate the friction of managing posts through git.

I’ve been seeing articles, videos and ads for a certain pocket-sized e-reader for the past few days all over my feeds that have got me wanting one more than anything. I like the idea of reducing my phone screen time and reading more, and this device looks like the perfect solution to that problem. I even have it in my cart in Amazon. But as much as I want it, I am resisting the urge to buy it, because I don’t need it. While I want to reduce my screen time, I think a more practical approach is…

Dear fiction writer, Thank you for creating worlds we can escape to. Your ability to write words that create mental pictures, evoke feelings and tell stories is a gift. Keep writing. Sincerely, A Fan

I restarted my reading habit in April 2025 when I bought a Kindle. This year, I’ve read 11 books and I’m currently on a 49 week streak that I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon. I even replaced Threads and Instagram on my home screen with the Kindle app and FreshRSS last week hoping to read more and scroll less. One thing I’ve noticed that discourages me while I’m reading is Kindle’s estimated read time. Every time I read, I see it in the bottom left corner of the screen and it makes me feel…

I use two social media platforms: Instagram and Threads, but I don’t need to check my screen time to know that I’ve been using Threads too much this year. It’s a place where you can have conversations. I never liked Twitter because it felt like shouting into the void. With Threads, you start to develop a community and you see how everyone interacts with each other. But that community is in Threads, and Meta does everything it can to keep you there. I stopped posting what I wanted to post…

I’ve been refining the blog’s design over the last few days, trying to get it to feel the way I want it to. I’ve been reading a lot more blogs lately and have started to like the minimalist look you get from bear blogs, so I tried my own version of it for this blog. I got rid of Geist Mono everywhere except for code blocks and I got rid of all the dividing lines and borders everywhere. I updated my About page and moved all of my other pages from the nav bar to /slashpages, inspired by Jon’s…

There’s something about setting up a new VPS that I find satisfying and I can’t explain it. It feels like speed-running a game but instead of getting to the final boss as fast as possible, it’s getting the service I need up and running as fast as possible. I setup a new VPS today for a few self-hosted services: Umami Analytics FreshRSS Uptime Kuma Everyone who is willing to learn about sysadmin should give it a try. A VPS can be cheap depending on the size and capable. After setting up all…

While on vacation a month ago, I needed help with our itinerary. We had a list of things to do and where they were, but for some activities, we didn’t know which passes we needed to buy or what routes to take, so my wife asked me to investigate. I kept hearing about Hermes Agent by Nous Research, “the only agent with a built-in learning loop — it creates skills from experience, improves them during use, nudges itself to persist knowledge, and builds a deepening model of who you are across…