A detailed exploration of selecting and testing battery packs for an electronic candle in a Christmas wreath, emphasizing capacity, safety, and DIY solutions.
The text discusses the author's experience setting up surveillance cameras for a construction site. It covers the preliminary requirements, components, video codecs, camera selection, network video recorder options, and the proces...
0Family Single Sign On Was a Bad Idea
2024-11-23 •
The author discusses the drawbacks of implementing a single sign-on (SSO) system for his family, realizing that it is unnecessary and overkill for a small family setting. He plans to de-tangle the SSO mess and create separate user...
0Zig Reproduced Without Binaries
2024-11-12 •
The author discusses the process of bootstrapping Zig without using binaries and compares the resulting zig1.wasm in the latest Zig release (0.13.0) with the official version. The author concludes that the two versions are the sam...
0I have successfully re-googled myself
2024-10-10 •
The author discusses the process of 'de-googling' and moving away from Google services due to privacy concerns and the risk of losing important data. After experiencing difficulties with the transition, the author ultimately retur...
0Web Compression
2024-08-07 •
The author conducted a non-scientific experiment to compare brotli with zstd for web compression. The experiment showed that brotli compresses the chosen piece of Javascript better than zstd by 4-22%, but zstd is faster than brotl...
011sync shutdown
2024-06-30 •
The author created a hosted Syncthing pre-registration page in 11sync.net, but due to lack of sign-ups, the business is not sustainable. The author is shutting down the registration page and redirecting to the main site. The sign-...
0New Job
2024-03-23 •
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011sync.net Signup
2024-03-23 •
The author has launched a pre-registration page for 11sync.net, a Hosted Syncthing peer, designed for Syncthing users seeking reliable backups and resilience. The marketing strategy and sign-up rate are discussed, with the author ...
0Thank You Drew DeVault
2024-03-23 •
This is a public thank-you letter to Drew DeVault, an ethical FOSS steward who stands for what's right and upholds his values, despite facing negativity on the internet. The author is grateful for Drew's recent announcement and pr...
The text is a fictional conversation between two Microsoft employees, Harry and Amy, discussing the migration of the company to git. It covers the challenges faced, the implementation of GVFS, and the subsequent acquisition of Git...
0My Declining Matrix usage
2023-08-31 •
The author discusses their experience with Matrix/Element, detailing the initial convenience and benefits, followed by a series of issues and bugs that led to a decline in usage. Ultimately, the author switched to Signal due to re...
0Nixos Subjectively
2023-08-31 •
The author shares their experience with NixOS, highlighting the steep learning curve and the need for high-level documentation. They recommend NixOS for smaller companies and mention that some large companies are already using it....
0End of Summer 2023
2023-08-27 •
The text is a retrospective of the author's summer projects, including city limits, personal infrastructure, and home and vacation plans. The author shelved the 'city boundaries' project and focused on personal infrastructure, inc...
0Summer Roadmap 2023
2023-05-15 •
The author discusses his plans for the summer and beyond, including working on the Zig/Go ecosystem, drawing a map of Vilnius City Boundaries, and improving and fixing things at home.
0My Zig and Go work for the next 3 months
2023-03-24 •
The author discusses their plans for the next 3 months related to Uber's use of Zig and Go, including finishing an official blog post, enabling zig-cc as the default C/C++ compiler, and proposing an official CI node for testing Go...
07 Years at Uber
2023-02-09 •
The author reflects on his 7 years at Uber, discussing his employment history, projects, and the recent announcement of the engineering site shutdown. He highlights the people he worked with, the lessons he learned, and his future...
0My Favorite Podcast
2022-11-30 •
The author shares their favorite podcast, corecursive by Adam Gordon Bell, and recommends three specific episodes. They praise the host's empathetic and engaging interviewing style.
0Side project retrospective
2022-08-21 •
The author spent 7 months building a project to create the fastest known user/group NSS database. The project was successful but not significantly faster than existing implementations. The author compares the project to a previous...
0Uber Mock Interview Retrospective
2022-07-01 •
The author reflects on a public mock coding interview, admitting to not completing the exercise and making a common mistake. They discuss their experience with Zig and the solution they came up with. The post also includes a comme...
0In Defense Of Big Tech Hiring
2022-06-23 •
The text discusses the broken BigTech hiring processes and the negative sentiment surrounding it. The author explains the standard interview process at Big Tech companies and the reasons behind it. They also offer alternative meth...
0How Uber Uses Zig
2022-05-23 •
The text is about how Uber uses Zig to compile its C/C++ code, the process of bringing Zig to Uber, and the challenges faced in the process. It also discusses the history of Uber's tech stack, the discovery of zig cc, and the effo...