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The article discusses the importance of hardening systemd services by using a system call filter to limit potential risks. It provides a detailed analysis of the SSH daemon's security settings using the command 'systemd-analyze se...
The post provides essential tips for setting up remote builds in Nix, highlighting common pitfalls ('footguns') that users may encounter. It emphasizes the need for proper SSH configuration, including ensuring the root user can SS...
nixf-tidy is a Nix linter CLI tool that emits a JSON array of issues. A wrapper has been written to use it as a pre-commit hook.
0“Treadmill vs. Real Hill” response
2025-04-12 • energy experiment physics
The text discusses an experiment comparing the energy required to run up a hill versus running on a treadmill with the same inclination. It suggests improvements to the experimental setup and proposes using a Lego treadmill for te...
0Getting started with automated quality assurance
2024-12-17 •
The article discusses the benefits of automating quality assurance and the practicalities of adopting automated QA tools. It emphasizes the importance of using tools to avoid common mistakes and tedious work, and provides strategi...
0Automating ticket progression
2024-12-15 •
The article discusses the process of automating ticket progression in a ticket tracking system, making simplifying assumptions and glossing over details. It outlines the process of creating feature branches, preparatory work, and ...
0TLS certificate setup on NixOS
2024-12-01 •
The text provides a detailed guide on setting up a HTTPS-enabled service on NixOS, including prerequisites, configuration, Let’s Encrypt (ACME) setup, enabling HTTP service, using sops-nix for secrets management, and allowing ngin...
0The lost taglines
2024-09-18 •
The text discusses the shortcomings of software documentation and the important information that is often missing. It provides examples of taglines that should be included in the documentation for various programming languages and...
0Nightly Rust development with Nix
2024-09-09 •
The text discusses the process of setting up a nightly Rust development environment using Nix, including the use of Bevy and JetBrains IDEA. It provides detailed instructions for the setup and optional IDE integration.
0Git bisect run techniques
2024-08-06 •
The article explains the git bisect run technique to find the breaking commit in O(log(N)) time for N commits. It provides techniques to determine the command to use to reliably determine whether a commit is good or bad.
0Interactive NixOS tests
2024-06-17 •
The text is a quick guide to running NixOS tests interactively. It provides instructions on how to run tests interactively and includes an example session. It also highlights some issues encountered during testing and provides upd...
0Using Linux desktop automation for image download
2024-05-29 •
The text discusses the flaws in the nuage Patient Portal used by clinics for patients to download their scans. It highlights the difficulty in downloading images and the author's search for a solution. The author found ydotool, a ...
The text provides a guide on how to test Renovate configuration changes in GitLab CI before merging. It includes prerequisites, goals, challenges, and steps to follow for testing.
0Nix language-specific dependencies
2024-04-30 •
The text discusses a common bug in the Nix shell declaration and provides a fix for it. It explains how to explicitly include Python packages with Python itself to resolve the issue.