{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1.1","title":"Jarema's digital garden","home_page_url":"https://jarema.me","feed_url":"https://jarema.me/feed.json","description":"This site is the personal playground and digital garden for Jarema. I write some blog posts, sometimes content about economics, coding, and occasionally I post some cats too.","authors":[{"name":"Jarema","url":"https://jarema.me"}],"language":"en","items":[{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/06/voru/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/06/voru/","title":"The metro doesn't ask","content_html":"Two exams down in two days, was running on spite. Boarded the metro instead of rotting in bed, put on a playlist to let the songs say what I couldn't, and let Hanoi go past the window. Ended up missing Võru.","summary":"Two exams down in two days, was running on spite. Boarded the metro instead of rotting in bed, put on a playlist to let the songs say what I couldn't, and let Hanoi go past the window. Ended up missing Võru.","date_published":"2026-06-07T14:45:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-06-07T14:45:00.000Z","tags":["hanoi","reflection","slice of life","journaling","music","nostalgia","estonia","burnout"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/timezone-distance/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/timezone-distance/","title":"How I estimate geographic distances from my timezone memory","content_html":"If I know a person's location, that's enough for me to estimate distances in my head using timezones faster than Google Maps loads.","summary":"If I know a person's location, that's enough for me to estimate distances in my head using timezones faster than Google Maps loads.","date_published":"2026-05-22T17:20:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-05-22T17:20:00.000Z","tags":["geography","mental math","timezones","spatial reasoning","maps"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/ho-guom/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/ho-guom/","title":"At that one famous and popular and whatever lake","content_html":"Hopped on random buses all afternoon, dropped near Hanoi's Ho Guom lake because why not. Brought a notebook, promised I wouldn't touch my phone but broke that promise instantly.","summary":"Hopped on random buses all afternoon, dropped near Hanoi's Ho Guom lake because why not. Brought a notebook, promised I wouldn't touch my phone but broke that promise instantly.","date_published":"2026-05-20T12:01:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-05-20T12:01:00.000Z","tags":["vietnam","hanoi","journaling","reflection","slice of life"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/permashortlink/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/05/permashortlink/","title":"I made an algorithmic permashortlink for my blog","content_html":"I had a short domain doing nothing, so I built a permashortlink system for my blog posts based on Base36. Did it using Next.js middleware and saw one YYMMDD mistake I definitely should have caught earlier.","summary":"I had a short domain doing nothing, so I built a permashortlink system for my blog posts based on Base36. Did it using Next.js middleware and saw one YYMMDD mistake I definitely should have caught earlier.","date_published":"2026-05-15T10:45:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-05-15T10:45:00.000Z","tags":["software","web development","indieweb","javascript","nextjs","url-shortener","permashortlink"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/04/welcome-home-astro/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/04/welcome-home-astro/","title":"I'm back on Astro, and I don't think I'll be leaving again","content_html":"After months of over-engineering my site with Next.js and fighting the framework, I finally migrated my personal site back to Astro. I wish I'd done it sooner.","summary":"After months of over-engineering my site with Next.js and fighting the framework, I finally migrated my personal site back to Astro. I wish I'd done it sooner.","date_published":"2026-04-01T14:15:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-04-01T14:15:00.000Z","tags":["software","web development","frameworks","nextjs","vendor lock-in","moving away from nextjs","moving back to astro","website carbon footprint"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/fedora-install/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/fedora-install/","title":"My Fedora setup and hardening process","content_html":"I had to reinstall Fedora, so I documented the thing. This is the setup, the hardening, and everything I do to get it to a state I'm comfortable with.","summary":"I had to reinstall Fedora, so I documented the thing. This is the setup, the hardening, and everything I do to get it to a state I'm comfortable with.","date_published":"2026-03-17T17:10:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-03-17T17:10:00.000Z","tags":["Fedora","Linux","hardening"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/app-defaults/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/03/app-defaults/","title":"Default apps for 2026","content_html":"An update to my go-to apps on my laptop and my phones.","summary":"An update to my go-to apps on my laptop and my phones.","date_published":"2026-03-15T13:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2026-03-15T13:00:00.000Z","tags":["app defaults","software","tools"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/02/lunar-rot/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/02/lunar-rot/","title":"Rotting my way into the Lunar New Year","content_html":"Survived military training just to drag a souvenir flu into the New Year, currently rotting in bed and fighting for my life.","summary":"Survived military training just to drag a souvenir flu into the New Year, currently rotting in bed and fighting for my life.","date_published":"2026-02-16T00:27:17.000Z","date_modified":"2026-02-16T00:27:17.000Z","tags":["health","Tết","Vietnam","military"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/01/version-2026/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2026/01/version-2026/","title":"Version 2026","content_html":"I'm kicking off 2026 with a Discord call and an open Obsidian window while being calm and sleepy.","summary":"I'm kicking off 2026 with a Discord call and an open Obsidian window while being calm and sleepy.","date_published":"2026-01-01T00:04:17.000Z","date_modified":"2026-01-01T00:04:17.000Z","tags":["new year","reflection"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identity-mismatch/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/09/identity-mismatch/","title":"Identity mismatch","content_html":"I study economics, but people say I look like IT. I don't really feel like either, and that's the mismatch I live in.","summary":"I study economics, but people say I look like IT. I don't really feel like either, and that's the mismatch I live in.","date_published":"2025-09-16T12:45:16.000Z","date_modified":"2025-09-16T12:45:16.000Z","tags":["identity","belonging","introspection"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/08/anything-but-chrome/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/08/anything-but-chrome/","title":"Anything But Chrome","content_html":"I do not, and never will use Chrome. Here's why.","summary":"I do not, and never will use Chrome. Here's why.","date_published":"2025-08-30T12:19:15.000Z","date_modified":"2025-08-30T12:19:15.000Z","tags":["browsers","Chrome","open web","privacy"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/07/code-of-conduct/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2025/07/code-of-conduct/","title":"My personal Code of Conduct","content_html":"This is my personal code of conduct. Nobody's forced to agree with it, but this is how I try to live. If you respect me, keep this in mind.","summary":"This is my personal code of conduct. Nobody's forced to agree with it, but this is how I try to live. If you respect me, keep this in mind.","date_published":"2025-07-15T08:25:19.000Z","date_modified":"2025-07-15T08:25:19.000Z","tags":["values","personal philosophy"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/hello-world/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/hello-world/","title":"Hello World: First Entry","content_html":"The obligatory first post of any blog - hello, world!","summary":"The obligatory first post of any blog - hello, world!","date_published":"2025-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2025-04-13T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["first post"]},{"id":"https://jarema.me/blog/2024/07/app-defaults-2024/","url":"https://jarema.me/blog/2024/07/app-defaults-2024/","title":"App Defaults for 2024","content_html":"Sharing my list of go-to apps, idea inspired by Robb Knight.","summary":"Sharing my list of go-to apps, idea inspired by Robb Knight.","date_published":"2024-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","date_modified":"2024-07-21T00:00:00.000Z","tags":["app defaults","software","tools"]}]}