Lectures#
What Is Ricing
Week 1, the term's origins in car culture, the rise of r/unixporn, and the desktop read as a manifesto
Week 1 · 22 February 2027
The Stack Beneath the Skin
Week 2, X11 versus Wayland, the role of the compositor, and what you are actually theming when you theme a desktop
Week 2 · 1 March 2027
Window Managers as Worldview
Week 3, tiling against floating, and the ideology hidden inside a layout policy
Week 3 · 8 March 2027
The Dotfile as Autobiography
Week 4, configuration as prose, version control as memory, and the reproducibility problem at the centre of the craft
Week 4 · 15 March 2027
Colour Theory for People Who Should Know Better
Week 5, palettes, contrast, and why every rice is ultimately Gruvbox or Catppuccin
Week 5 · 22 March 2027
Typography and the Terminal
Week 6, fonts, ligatures, and the standing quarrel between legibility and vibes
Week 6 · 29 March 2027
The Status Bar
Week 7, information density, and the craft of displaying data you will never once read
Week 7 · 5 April 2027
The Screenshot Economy
Week 8, composition and audience, and the uncomfortable truth that the rice exists to be photographed
Week 8 · 12 April 2027
Minimalism versus Maximalism
Week 9, two churches of ricing, and the aesthetic philosophy hiding inside a taste for empty space or full ones
Week 9 · 19 April 2027
The Dream of the Perfect Setup
Week 10, dotfile managers, Nix, and the fantasy of a machine you will never have to configure again
Week 10 · 26 April 2027
The Productivity Paradox
Week 11, an honest accounting of the hours lost, and the setup understood as the finest procrastination ever built
Week 11 · 3 May 2027
The Rice as Portrait
Week 12, the closing lecture and final gallery, reading what a desktop reveals about the person who built it
Week 12 · 10 May 2027