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The unreasonable effectiveness of the pancake rule
Having problems with your team being late to the daily stand-up? Try this!
How to run Uptime Kuma in Docker in an IPv6-only environment
When you’re too cheap to pay for an IPv4 address but you’d really like to monitor your services.
Feature toggles: just roll your own!
It’s one of those build-vs-buy discussions where the build option is genuinely better in 99.99999% of the cases.
Why my blog was down for over 24 hours in November 2024
Everything I learned from an incident that made me consider switching careers. It was a close one!
Backing up another PC with a single Ethernet cable
If all you have is an Ethernet cable, then everything looks like a temporary storage device.
The IPv6 situation on Docker is good now!
It’s not often when a piece of software has genuinely improved, which is why this is worth celebrating!
You can use almost anything as a key file for your encrypted storage device
Yes, you can decrypt your storage with a picture of your cat.
Your Wi-Fi might be terrible because of Dynamic Frequency Selection (DFS)
My Wi-Fi kept dropping out until I learned about this fun little feature. Here’s how to fix it for good.
No HDMI port on the ThinkPad T430? No problem!
Yes, you can fit a HDMI port in the ThinkPad T430, no crazy modifications required.
OpenWRT, ISP modem and dynamic IP addresses: how to fix connectivity issues without rebooting your router every time
The solution proposed might be a bit specific for my particular setup, but hopefully useful to someone out there.
The hidden media play/pause/stop keys on the Lenovo ThinkPad L390 Yoga
How a few accidental key presses revealed the presence of media playback control keys on my ThinkPad L390 Yoga.
The simplicity of the modulo operator: how I scaled an inefficient solution on a legacy system
Sometimes the best solution is the one that works well enough and can be cranked out quickly.
Anything’s a portable speaker if you’re brave enough
All about that time I converted a JBL soundbar into a portable speaker
Strangling your service with a Kubernetes misconfiguration
Short story about a fun and simple way to shoot yourself in the foot, Kubernetes style.
Tech tip: eliminate HDD humming noise
Silence your hard drives with this one weird trick! System administrators hate him!