I spend more time configuring my computer than using it.https://blog.shadhq.com/en-ushttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning/How a 2TB NVMe running Windows, Arch, and Void ended up with nine partitions, one decision at a timeThu, 02 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-metadata-balance/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-metadata-balance/What btrfs metadata is, why it can fill before data does, when to run balance, and what the usage filter actually doesMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-space-accounting/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-space-accounting/Why df, du, and ncdu give different numbers on btrfs — orphaned snapshots, Docker's invisible footprint, and how to actually measure btrfs disk usageMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-subvolumes/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-btrfs-subvolumes/How the btrfs subvolume layout on p5 was designed — the decisions behind each subvolume and the tradeoffs of nodatacowMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-cache-isolation/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-cache-isolation/Why ~/.cache is a separate nodatacow btrfs subvolume and how the managed-* sentinel pattern makes cache paths portable across machines without a btrfs poolMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-maintenance/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-maintenance/What actually requires ongoing attention in a Void + Arch dual-boot setup — kernel filename changes, snapshot strategy, and the shared Docker riskMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-merging-btrfs-partitions/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-merging-btrfs-partitions/How two separate btrfs partitions were consolidated into one 887G pool — subvolume migration with btrfs send/receive, partition deletion, and live online resizeMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-shared-grub-partition/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-shared-grub-partition/How GRUB is shared across Void and Arch — a dedicated ext4 /boot, one distro owning GRUB, and the symlink trap that breaks 40_custom entriesMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-the-layout/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-the-layout/The partition table on a 2TB NVMe running Void Linux, Arch, and Windows 11 — what the layout is and why each decision was madeMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-void-chroot-install/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-void-chroot-install/Installing Void Linux manually via chroot — why void-installer falls short for complex layouts and how to do it right, including the dracut btrfs trapMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-zram-vs-swap/https://blog.shadhq.com/multi-boot-partitioning-zram-vs-swap/Why there is no swap partition on this machine — zram with zstd compression handles swap at memory speed, and the math behind why it worksMon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://blog.shadhq.com/the-arch-way/https://blog.shadhq.com/the-arch-way/What I've learned after years of following the Arch Way philosophySat, 02 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT