December 2025 - Transformation Complete

Month Overview

December completed the transformation. Windows became a secondary environment. Arch Linux with Hyprland, Neovim, and Fish became the primary development platform.

Key Milestones

December 6: ollama-local

Local LLM experiments with Ollama.

  • 15 commits

  • Model fine-tuning attempts

  • Integration patterns for development workflows

December 12: Principia

The knowledge management system architecture crystallized.

Structure:

Principia/
├── 00_Meta/      # System configuration
├── 01_Index/     # Navigation and cross-references
├── 02_Assets/    # Project documentation (PRJ-*, ARS-*, OPS-*)
├── 03_Captures/  # Daily worklogs, meeting notes
├── 04_Archive/   # Completed/historical content
└── 05_Canvas/    # Visual diagrams, mind maps

Asset Categories:

  • PRJ-* - Project documentation

  • ARS-* - Technical reference (Ars = skill/craft)

  • OPS-* - Operational runbooks

  • ANA-* - Analysis and reports

December 14: dotfiles-optimus

Complete environment configuration repository.

135 commits covering:

  • Shell configurations (Fish, Zsh, Bash)

  • Neovim setup with Lazy plugin manager

  • Git configuration and aliases

  • SSH and GPG key management

  • Hyprland Wayland compositor

  • Terminal emulator configs (Ghostty, Kitty)

  • Application-specific settings

Directory Structure:

dotfiles-optimus/
├── base/         # Core configurations
│   ├── fish/
│   ├── git/
│   ├── gpg/
│   ├── nvim/
│   ├── ssh/
│   └── vim/
├── shell/        # Shell-specific additions
│   ├── aliases/
│   ├── atelier/
│   └── functions/
└── desktop/      # Desktop environment
    └── hyprland/

GNU Stow Integration:

# Deploy to any machine
cd ~/atelier/_projects/personal/dotfiles-optimus
stow -d base -t ~ fish git gpg nvim ssh
stow -d shell -t ~ aliases functions

Environment Finalized

Component Configuration

OS

Arch Linux (btw)

Desktop

Hyprland (Wayland compositor)

Terminal

Ghostty

Shell

Fish with custom functions

Editor

Neovim + Lazy plugins

Git UI

Lazygit

File Manager

yazi (terminal)

Multiplexer

tmux

Secrets

Gopass + GPG

Neovim Configuration

instrumentum-nvim - 194 commits of customization

Plugin Categories:

  • LSP (language servers for Python, TypeScript, Lua)

  • Completion (nvim-cmp, copilot)

  • Navigation (Telescope, Harpoon)

  • Syntax (Treesitter)

  • Git (Gitsigns, Fugitive)

  • UI (Lualine, Noice)

The Atelier Structure

Established the workspace organization:

~/atelier/
├── _bibliotheca/     # Documentation repos (domus-*)
├── _projects/
│   ├── personal/     # Personal projects
│   └── work/         # Work projects (isolated)
└── _output/          # Build artifacts

ISE Infrastructure Planning

Documented requirements for home enterprise ISE deployment:

  • Two-node deployment (ise-01, ise-02)

  • AD CS integration for PKI

  • 802.1X EAP-TLS for Linux workstations

  • DataConnect for analytics

  • Integration with pfSense and 3560-CX switch

Commits Summary

Project Activity Commits

Principia

Knowledge management architecture

Initial + 2825 total

dotfiles-optimus

Complete environment config

135

ollama-local

LLM experimentation

15

domus-digitalis

Continued development

Ongoing

instrumentum-nvim

Neovim customization

194

Year-End Reflection

The transition completed in 7 months:

  1. May: First React component

  2. June: First production database schema

  3. November: First Ansible playbook

  4. December: Full terminal workflow

Key Metrics:

  • 500+ commits across projects

  • 8 programming languages used

  • Complete OS migration (Windows → Arch)

  • IDE migration (PyCharm → Neovim)

Looking Ahead to 2026

Planned:

  • netapi library development

  • ISE deployment automation

  • Vault PKI implementation

  • Documentation site launch (Antora)

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