Hello 👋 I'm Martin (also known as Wimpy), a long-time Linux user, developer & community builder 🐧 Maker 🪛 Linux Matters host 🎙️ Occasional game jam participant and aspiring game developer using pico-8, LÖVE, and Defold 🕹️

I lead Ubuntu MATE 🧉 and I'm the creator of a bunch of other projects and Quickemu 🧑‍💻

We have a modest Discord server for Wimpy's World 💬 which serves as a community hub. We're a friendly bunch, and all are welcome 🏳️‍🌈 Join us!

I steam live-coding on Twitch 📡 and those streams are archived on YouTube 📺️

These awesome people sponsor me: CreeperLKF mmartial da-moon castrojo Thank you! ❤️ If you appreciate my work, then please consider sponsoring me too 🤑 Curious what I've been working on recently?

Recent project contributions 🏗️

• wimpysworld/tailor (today)
  • Bespoke project templates for GitHub repositories 🪡
• wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (2 weeks ago)
  • Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (3 weeks ago)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺
• wimpysworld/glyph-party (1 month ago)
  • Finally, a Unicode search tool that sparks joy instead of despair. 10,000+ characters, zero tears 😂

Recent pull requests 🛠️

• chore: update flake.lock on wimpysworld/nix-config (today)
• ci: add linter config and GitHub CI workflow on wimpysworld/tailor (today)
• feat(docket): implement GitHub authentication status display command on wimpysworld/tailor (1 day ago)
• feat(development): add rosey shell aliases for claude and opencode on wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)
• chore: update flake.lock on wimpysworld/nix-config (1 day ago)

Recent releases 📦️

• DeterminateSystems/determinate-nix-action (v3.17.0, 1 day ago)
  • The Github Action for Determinate Nix
• wimpysworld/nix-config (v25.11.20260225, 5 days ago)
  • Wimpy's NixOS, nix-darwin & Home Manager Configurations ❄️
• wimpysworld/nothing-but-nix (v10, 2 weeks ago)
  • Create a 130GB Nix ️store in GitHub runners ❄️ Multi-partition BTRFS RAID-0 for /nix 💪 Brutally purges unnecessary software 🪓 Dynamically grows the Nix store 📈
• quickemu-project/quickemu (4.9.9, 3 weeks ago)
  • Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux virtual machines
• linuxmatters/jivetalking (0.2.2, 3 weeks ago)
  • Raw microphone recordings into broadcast-ready audio in one command. No configuration, and no surprises🕺

Recent starred projects ⭐️

• wimpysworld/tailor (1)
  • Bespoke project templates for GitHub repositories 🪡
• gitbutlerapp/gitbutler (19777)
  • The GitButler version control client, backed by Git, powered by Tauri/Rust/Svelte
• openchamber/openchamber (1279)
  • Desktop and web interface for OpenCode AI agent
• LuaJIT/LuaJIT (5459)
  • Mirror of the LuaJIT git repository
• folke/snacks.nvim (7170)
  • 🍿 A collection of QoL plugins for Neovim

🎙️ Podcast

I co-present Linux Matters podcast with my friends @popey and @marxjohnson. Here are some recent episodes:

• The Smell of Git (3 days ago)
• Mark's Meshing About (2 weeks ago)
• Audio Trainers and Wallet Drainers (1 month ago)
• Points of You (1 month ago)
• Lets get Trippy (1 month ago)

📺️ YouTube

• NixOS | More Nix ❄️ packaging & fixes 🩹 for OBS Studio 📡 (2 years ago)
• NixOS | Updating Nix ❄️ packages of OBS Studio 📡 and it's plugins🔌 (2 years ago)
• NixOS & Linux | Tinkering with my Nix config ❄️ and poking at some Linux projects 🐧 (2 years ago)
• NixOS & Linux 🐧 Automate OBS with Kruiz Control and Scene Switcher (2 years ago)
• [Linux & NixOS] Catching up on a few projects ❄️ - Part 2 (2 years ago)

✍️ Blog

• faffing about with diffs (9 months ago)
• Nothing but Nix (9 months ago)
• Fuzzel Colour Picker (10 months ago)
• Install ZeroTier on Steam Deck (2 years ago)
• Steam Box vs Steam Deck (2 years ago)