For years, I had been searching for the "perfect e-ink reader" that met all of my niche needs and wants. I wanted something with integration to calibre, the ability to download and read RSS feeds, and, lastly, the ability to connect to cloud storage, such as Google Drive, where I host my PDFs. These seem like a niche set of features, and honestly, they are. However, this is what I've always wanted. I conducted my research and evaluated numerous e-ink readers, including Boox, Kobo, the new Kindle, Nook, ReMarkable, and others. None of them checked all the boxes, and all came with extreme vendor lock-in or had virtually no developer community behind them. Sure, I've got an iPad that can accomplish all those features and more, but it has a lot more functionality than I need when I want to read without distractions.
allejo
interstellar space pirate extraordinaire
i'm a senior full-stack software developer
who has helped build...
and contributor to many open source communities
you may know me from...
Free multi-player 3D tank battle game for Windows, Linux, and macOS. I'm a core developer for the project and community.
A syntax highlighting library written in JavaScript. I'm a core team member for the project.
A static site generator written in Ruby. My Liquid snippets power a lot of the most popular Jekyll themes.
A popular programming language. I maintain a number of PHP libraries used throughout the entire PHP ecosystem.
i occasionally write about my experiences
they're interesting some of the time...