NixOS, Emacs, Haskell, tiling window managers. They're a clique in the tech world. I think a unifying theme is to have a small foundation that the user can dev

NixOS, Emacs, Haskell, tiling window managers. They're a clique in the tech world. I think a unifying theme is to have a small foundation that the user can develop within. Going a bit further on my soapbox, you might also be into philosophy, anime, election reform, baduk, and math. Is the underlying personality trait systemizing/stubbornness, wanting to break everything down, and rebuild it according to defined principles? http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html http://dreamsongs.com/RiseOfWorseIsBetter.html would call this approach the MIT style of design. @nntaleb might suggest they overestimate their principles and their ability to enact their principles, and call them IYIs. :) (This comment itself is my admission of being an IYI.)