Laura R

Learning in public, developer tooling, and hardware side projects

Written by Laura R with AI editorial research and assistance.

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i3 vs Sway: Tiling Window Managers for Developer Productivity

Set up i3 and Sway tiling window managers for a keyboard-first dev workflow. Practical guide to configuration, workspaces, and choosing X11 or Wayland.

By Laura R · Discursive Tech Published 2026-09-10 · Last Edited 2026-10-08

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Faster-Whisper vs whisper.cpp for Local Speech-to-Text

Compare Faster-Whisper and whisper.cpp with current installation commands, built-in VAD options, hardware backends, and a repeatable audio test plan.

By Laura R · Discursive Tech Published 2026-08-16 · Last Edited 2026-10-01