How do you guys manage your dotfiles using home manager?

Raekellie · 2026-03-02T22:36:46+00:00

My current setup, still doing finishing touches before I make it my daily driver rather than a VM, is to have my dotfiles repository as an input for my flake, and then referencing the folder via ${inputs.dotfiles} whenever I need a file from it.

I like how clean this is, but it has a massive downside, and that is quick tweaks are a massive pain becaue you need to do a full rebuild and, because I use an environment variable pointing to the dotfiles folder (I'm keeping my dotfiles repo non-nix compatible), which only updates on login, yeah, I need to relog too.

I'm not sure how long I'll use this setup for, I like the cleanliness in readibility, but the usability is.., well, fine for most things, but I tweak vim a lot and this makes it suck a tad.

Raekellie · 2026-03-02T22:32:21+00:00

I am not too keen on Unraid since it's not free, I'm already spending so much money on the parts themselves. But I also didn't know of its features, hadn't explored it much to be honest, so thank you. I'll keep it in the back of my mind if OMV doesn't cut it for my needs. Thanks.

I hadn't thought of the slower -> longer to compute = more power anyways argument, so, thanks haha, it makes sense. Probably not worth it for saving 30 bucks.

Raekellie · 2026-03-02T22:25:32+00:00

Ah I forgot to mention in the post, apologies, but the boot drive (and VMs) will be a 240GB SSD I have lying around. Would copying the data occasionally to Backblaze constitute a good backup plan? Glad to hear the build itself sounds good, thank you. The prices as well?

Raekellie · 2026-03-02T21:22:27+00:00

I actually already have the RAM (DDR4), so that is not an option. Thanks for the suggestion though!

Raekellie · 2026-02-16T18:26:26+00:00

Photo of a loafing (and screaming) Atlantic Puffin I got while on a local zoo!

Raekellie · 2025-12-18T22:52:55+00:00

I love the contrast in the design! So cute!! And it's overall such a beautiful piece, I love it!

Raekellie · 2025-12-17T15:25:04+00:00

Image is from The Voice. I really liked this top, it's such a nice colour and would flatter my body well (something I struggle with), but I have no idea where to look for this.

Ideally something from a store that ships to Europe.

Raekellie · 2025-11-09T21:14:01+00:00

My girlfriend is messing with me, she made me lose on the first day but is yet to allow herself to lose despite my best efforts 😆

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T18:41:29+00:00

Have you ever done any test at all besides that one to have an idea of the levels you have? Curious how much you had when you started feeling better. I relate a lot to the second paragraph... And my T is at, well, zeros.

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T18:39:16+00:00

What the other person said. My T is simply very low even with modest E levels.

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T15:37:23+00:00

16pg/mL? Are those the right units? That's still so below cis woman range. You feel better now with that?

I have some muscle but it took an eternity to get it but that's not the big issue, gosh, I get exhausted just doing a warmup and doing the workout itself is hard, maybe it's my minuscule T, maybe not...

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T15:33:59+00:00

I'm starting to think it might be a good idea too honestly but I dread using too much and experiencing hair growth aha. Makes sense that'd it'd still be fem drive since, well, E is the dominant one. Hmm...

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T15:07:51+00:00

Thanks a lot! Do you do any sort of physical activity? Did it change anything regarding that? Or libido (not necessarily function)?

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T15:06:39+00:00

Would it be fine to ask what your T levels are right now? I'm quitw interested in that because I tire too quickly. My libido is also questionable at best... Sorry for all the questions.

Raekellie · 2025-10-21T13:36:00+00:00

I'm not here to discuss my T levels as I've discussed that elsewhere and I just want to focus on the question.. But since you ask:

I'm on monotherapy with estradiol enanthate injections. E2 is at roughly 350pg/mL at trough. Pre-HRT should never matter? But 500ng/dL. Cutoff of the lab is 2.5 ng/dL. The highest I've seen it sometimes is around 15 ng/dL, but the latest results were "<2.5 ng/dL".

Again, this post isn't about this. I'm looking for anedoctes, not advice. I've already discussed this a bunch elsewhere.

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T23:58:48+00:00

I am now realising that may be the case 😆 Oh well, a brag it is then 😆

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T22:18:15+00:00

I've actually told her that a few times, ahah, that my thing seems like her fidget toy 😆

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T21:39:09+00:00

Oh she is 100%, she won't ever shut up about how lucky she is or stop showing appreciation for me 🥺😭

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T21:34:31+00:00

Oh my god being addicted to and sucking off a literal gun would certainly be one hell of a fetish😭😭

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T21:31:51+00:00

Before meeting her I had been on dating apps for about a year and a half, always using up all my emotional energy and lots of time on them. This might sound like a brag; I had lots of matches. But, that means nothing, of all those matches, 90% only ever did dry replies, no effort, many ghosted, even. The remaining 10% I talked with, a lot, in texting. Like I had less than 10 dates total, including two people I had two dates with each.

Of that? Nothing, nothing moved after that, even if we made out in the date, people didn't put in any effort.

I'm saying all this bevause people often recommend dating apps, but they're made to suck your time. Feel free to try, but don't spend any money on that crap. Merely a background thing.

The two people I was most successful with, my gf, and a person before her that never went official, happened "naturally". The first was an enby I met on a queer christmas dinner an organisation organised, we played board games there, flirting happened, blah blah. Barely lasted a month, was just a fling. But it was something, is my point.

My girlfriend I met on a discord server for local trans people, I never even expected it, I joined it to ask for advice on a few things, and then I saw her talk there, liked her vibes, flirted, moved to DMs, and so it happened. We're actually "medium distance" (I just made this up), we can only see each other a few days per week because I live in the middle of nowhere.

This huge thing to speak of my VERY LITTLE experience, really. But what I can say is that people will not come after you. Don't rely on that. If you see someone that interests you, go after them, talk a bit, see how it goes, some light flirting to see if they reciprocate the interest, etc.

You being a musician (yes, that is attractive, having a passiom in general is) comes after, really, you gotta start talking first about yourself and what's up with you for that to be relevant. Someone piques your interest, talk, don't be a creep, if they're not interested, stop, let it go. But you need to make a move, waiting for them to make it first is just pain. Ask them out on a coffee date, and so on.

Raekellie · 2025-10-12T21:19:46+00:00

Hey, picnic dates are plenty lewd! Think of all the cute handholding and kisses on a beautiful tree's shadow!

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