The author discusses the new services and software they have installed in their homelab, including Speedtest-Tracker, Postgres, Uptime Kuma, Miniflux, *arr Suite, Matrix (Synapse), Prometheus & Grafana. They also talk about the ch...
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0The Functional Programming Hiring Problem
2024-06-09 •
The text discusses the challenges of hiring engineers with experience in functional programming languages, particularly Gooby. It highlights the different types of applicants and the potential issues that can arise from hiring zea...
The author discusses the big project of treating machines as cattle, not pets, and the need to start treating all machines as identical nodes of a single cluster of compute. The two big projects are installing NixOS on every machi...
0Installing a Custom NixOS Image on a Raspberry Pi
2024-01-23 •
The text provides a detailed guide on how to create custom NixOS images to boot a Raspberry Pi from, without requiring a USB drive or manual intervention. It includes writing the configuration, building the SD image, and installin...
The post is about the author's adventures in homelabbing, including upgrading the networking switch, setting up a patch panel, buying a Phillips Hue hub, using email for various software, setting up a Minecraft server, and future ...
The text discusses the challenges of managing user accounts across different self-hosted services in a homelab and the author's experience with implementing LDAP and OpenID Connect to address these challenges. The author also shar...
The author discusses their love for Tailscale as a product, but expresses frustration with the user account model. They explain the limitations of the single user account, the sharing feature, and the workarounds to bypass the sin...
0Building a Homelab, Part 1 - Rackmounting and DNS
2023-06-25 •
The author provides an update on their homelab, including the purchase of a server rack, power supply, and other equipment. They also discuss their efforts to set up split-horizon DNS and the challenges they faced in obtaining TLS...
0Building a Homelab, Part 0
2023-05-26 •
The author has been running a homelab with Raspberry Pis and a Synology NAS. They are planning to beef up the lab and document the process in a series of blog posts. The current setup includes a NAS, Raspberry Pis, a VPN, a revers...
0Clojurdle: Wordle Written in ClojureScript
2022-02-20 •
The author discusses their experience playing Wordle and their decision to write their own version in ClojureScript. They talk about their experience with Clojure and ClojureScript, the challenges they faced, and the features they...
0Docker Gripes
2021-09-09 •
The author discusses their experience working with Docker for containerization, highlighting the benefits and drawbacks of the technology. They express concerns about reproducibility, security vulnerabilities, and the constant cha...
The author has been learning the Clojure programming language and has been using the Luminus web framework. They have been working on setting up a Docker Compose for their project and have shared their process in this post. They a...
0The Evening Redness in the West
2021-06-24 •
The text is a review of the book Blood Meridian, or The Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy. The author describes the plot, characters, and themes of the book, and shares their thoughts on its meaning and impact.
0A Small Survey of Static Site Generators
2021-03-01 •
The author discusses the various tools used to build the site, starting with raw HTML documents in a GitHub Pages repo, then migrating to a VPS, using Jekyll, Hugo, and finally Next.js. The author expresses dissatisfaction with ea...
0The Economic and Social Origins of Cyberpunk
2021-02-27 •
The text describes a dystopian future where megacorporations rule the world, and the majority of the population are wage slaves. It discusses the cyberpunk genre and its origins, and how it reflects the fears and anxieties of the ...
0An Opinionated Introduction to Urbit
2021-01-17 •
The text discusses the rise of decentralized platforms in the wake of the events of 2021. It focuses on the Urbit project, which aims to be a peer-to-peer network and an operating system. The text delves into the technical details...
0My Manic Pixie Dream Programming Language
2020-11-20 •
The text discusses the ideal features of a programming language according to the author's preferences. It covers the nice-to-have and nice-to-not-have features, as well as the close contenders for the dream language. The author al...
0HacktoberFest 2019
2019-11-01 •
The text discusses the author's participation in the HacktoberFest competition, where programmers make contributions to open source software. The author worked on projects related to Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, Servant, and Hy, an...