Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

Hi, I'm new to LaTeX. Skipping BibTeX for BibLaTeX. TeXstudio and TeXworks has been helpful for the desktop, as has Overleaf and VSCode. Also using MiKTeX and Biber.

I like the idea of separating bibliography and the main article, however I never thought I would need so many packages (Perl, Biber, TexLive, etc). However, "ordo ab chao".

Giovanni Lostumbo, 2026-08-30 04:09 CEST

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Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication Giovanni Lostumbo, 2026-08-30 04:09 CEST

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