<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>FormalSnake</title><description>Personal site of Kyan De Sutter — software engineer, CS student at ULPGC, building at CanaryCoders.</description><link>https://formalsnake.dev/</link><item><title>Arc Raiders: Where Extraction Meets Friendship (and Chaos)</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/10-arc-raiders-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/10-arc-raiders-review/</guid><description>Why Arc Raiders became my go-to multiplayer game - proximity chat magic, co-op extraction thrills, and the best social shooter of 2025.</description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gaming</category><category>review</category><category>extraction-shooter</category></item><item><title>From Nix to FormalConf: Why I Built My Own Config Manager</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/11-from-nix-to-formalconf/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/11-from-nix-to-formalconf/</guid><description>After months of frustration with Nix&apos;s isolation and endless configuration, I built FormalConf - a TUI for managing dotfiles, packages, and themes.</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>nix</category><category>macos</category><category>dotfiles</category><category>formalconf</category><category>homebrew</category></item><item><title>STRAFTAT: The Arena Shooter That Captured My Heart</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/09-straftat-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/09-straftat-review/</guid><description>Why STRAFTAT is my favorite free-to-play shooter - proximity chat chaos, retro aesthetics, and pure arena shooter bliss.</description><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>gaming</category><category>review</category><category>fps</category></item><item><title>Claude Code: My New Favorite Coding Companion</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/08-claude-code-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/08-claude-code-review/</guid><description>A personal review of Claude Code and the workflows that make it shine</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>ai</category><category>development</category><category>tools</category></item><item><title>Nix is the best package manager i&apos;ve ever used</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/07-nix/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/07-nix/</guid><description>Nix is a package manager with a declarative nature.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>software</category><category>dev</category><category>opinion</category></item><item><title>Our experience with all Source Engine based games</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/06-our-experience-with-all-source-engine-based-games/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/06-our-experience-with-all-source-engine-based-games/</guid><description>The Source Engine is awesome!</description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>opinion</category><category>software</category><category>gaming</category></item><item><title>Aider is awesome!</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/05-aider-is-awesome/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/05-aider-is-awesome/</guid><description>There are so many AI coders, yet Aider stands out.</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>software</category><category>dev</category><category>opinion</category></item><item><title>Ghostty, My new daily driver</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/04-ghostty-my-new-daily-driver/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/04-ghostty-my-new-daily-driver/</guid><description>Ghostty is a new terminal, is it worth the hype?</description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>software</category><category>dev</category><category>opinion</category></item><item><title>Deta Surf: The future of studying</title><link>https://formalsnake.dev/blog/03-deta-surf-the-future-of-studying/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://formalsnake.dev/blog/03-deta-surf-the-future-of-studying/</guid><description>Deta Surf is a new browser in closed alpha. 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