The author describes their experience of transitioning the root file system of a Raspberry Pi 3 running NetBSD 10 from an SD card to a USB hard drive to improve reliability. They detail the challenges faced, including issues with ...
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The post explores the challenges and implications of integrating Rust into the NetBSD kernel, contrasting it with FreeBSD's approach and emphasizing NetBSD's conservative nature.
The author reflects on a recent business trip to the Bay Area, particularly San Francisco, where they experienced a different side of the city than the negative media portrayal. They describe a bus ride that revealed a thriving co...
0Some nuanced thoughts on AI · benzblog
2025-05-04 • technology innovation ai
The author discusses the controversy surrounding AI and shares their nuanced opinion. They talk about the ever-changing nature of technology and the potential benefits and drawbacks of AI. They also highlight the importance of usi...
The author describes their experience of developing pkgsrc with CVS and the decision to move to git. They explain their workflow and play through an example of updating a package. They also discuss the benefits of using a DVCS tre...
0"Founder Mode" · benzblog
2025-01-19 •
The author discusses the challenges of transitioning from the initial development phase, or 'founder mode', to the refinement phase in software development. They explain the different skill sets required for each phase and offer a...
0Emulating *BSD on ARM, Part 3: OpenBSD · benzblog
2024-12-23 •
The blog post is part 3 of a series about emulating BSD operating systems for 32-bit ARM with QEMU. It provides a guide on how to install OpenBSD/armv7 using QEMU, and also discusses the limitations and advantages of using an emul...
0Emulating *BSD on ARM, Part 2: FreeBSD · benzblog
2024-11-11 •
The blog post explains how the author spent time getting various BSD OSes to run on QEMU for 32-bit ARM. Part 2 deals with FreeBSD, which was easier than the others. The author downloaded an image from the FreeBSD website and foll...
The author is working on making the 'swarming bot' work on NetBSD/arm, which is 32-bit ARM. The author is also working on making the Chromium CI system support ARMv7. The author is planning to detail how these platforms run in qem...
0NetBSD 10 -- 30 Jahre und immer noch da · benzblog
2024-09-23 •
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0The code is not enough · benzblog
2024-08-27 •
The author discusses the importance of reading code and understanding both what the code is doing and why it is doing it. They emphasize the need to understand the configuration code and the importance of cross-references and hist...
0Fedora Update: btrfs self-destruct · benzblog
2024-05-07 •
The author installed Fedora Asahi Remix on their MacBook Air and made it the default partition. While running a cvs update, the file system remounted itself read-only due to inconsistencies in the btrfs file system. Attempts to re...
0The XZ Backdoor · benzblog
2024-03-31 •
Over the Easter weekend 2024, a PostgreSQL developer discovered a backdoor in the xz compression tool, which was inserted by a second xz maintainer named Jia Tan. The backdoor was hidden in the release archive and enabled through ...
0Fedora Asahi Remix · benzblog
2024-02-03 •
The author discusses their experience using Fedora Asahi Remix, a new distribution based on Arch Linux that combines the Kernel development of Asahi with the polish of Fedora Linux. They describe the installation process, their ex...
NetBSD 10 celebrates 30 years since its first release, bringing a huge number of changes and improvements. The talk will dive into the most important new features of NetBSD 10, such as performance and security improvements, expand...
0The VS Code Flatpak is useless · benzblog
2024-01-14 •
The author installed Fedora 39 and tried to install Visual Studio Code as a Flatpak using the Discover software installer. However, the Flatpak did not work well for the author, as it was unable to find gopls and the toolchain. Th...
0Building a NetBSD ramdisk kernel · benzblog
2023-11-26 •
The author discusses the process of building a NetBSD ramdisk kernel, which is not standard in NetBSD. The author explains the process of creating a NetBSD ramdisk kernel and the steps involved in building the kernel. The author a...
0Talk about the Basics · benzblog
2023-10-14 •
The author discusses the importance of the Intro and Conclusion in research presentations at conferences, emphasizing the need to focus on the bigger picture and what can be learned from the work. They provide examples of successf...
0pkgsrc statt Containern! · benzblog
2023-09-30 •
The text discusses pkgsrc, a package source collection for NetBSD, which allows users to install software that is not part of the distribution. It supports various Unix variants, Linux, and macOS. The software is installed in the ...
0Culture is about the small things · benzblog
2023-09-14 •
The author discusses the importance of cultural context in communication, highlighting the challenges of fitting into a different culture and the need to be mindful of cultural differences to avoid exclusionary attitudes.
The text discusses the dominance of commercial operating systems in desktop and mobile computing, their support for flight tracking, and the lack of support for long-distance train travel in the US. It highlights the cultural infl...
0On Meetings · benzblog
2023-04-23 •
The text discusses the importance of ending meetings early if the agenda is completed and the idea that attendance in meetings is not a badge of honor. It also mentions Larry Page's memo on effective meetings and techniques to lea...
0Using Lua from Go · benzblog
2023-02-06 •
The text discusses the use of Lua as a scripting language for systems written in Go, with a focus on embedding Lua into other programs. It mentions the benefits of Lua, its compatibility with Go, and a specific example of porting ...