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The 2026 Monki Gras conference, organized by Redmonk analyst James Governor, is a spring sister event to the Monktoberfest and focuses on open-source community and craft. Held at the Tab Centre in London, the single-trac…
This is a configuration file for the Starship shell prompt, written in TOML format. It defines a custom prompt layout with segments for the operating system, username, directory, git branch, and command duration, using t…
This article summarizes how the author built a blog using Elixir and the Phoenix framework, with blog posts generated from Markdown files via NimblePublisher and compiled at build time for performance. The site uses serv…
The author redesigned their personal website in two waves, first adding infrastructure improvements like full-text search, dark mode support, and structured data, then overhauling content and layout using Claude Code. Th…
The article explains that NixOS can use zramSwap, which creates a compressed swap space in RAM via the kernel's zram module, offering a faster alternative to disk-based swap and reducing SSD wear. It provides configurati…
The article describes a small Rust-based back-end system called "upvoters," created to handle anonymous upvotes on static blogs, with compatibility for Hugo. The author also mentions recent website design changes influen…
Guide for building a custom personal dashboard using Claude Code as the primary developer, with a focus on minimal dependencies and fast iteration. It outlines a single-file starter structure for a FastAPI backend with S…
This article provides instructions for creating a narrated demo video by using the `agent-browser` tool to capture screenshots of a web application, then generating synchronized voiceover audio via the Inworld TTS API. I…
Bun v1.3.11 reduces its Linux x64 binary size by 4 MB by removing CMake, and introduces a new `Bun.cron` API for cross-platform OS-level cron job management. The update also adds `Bun.sliceAnsi`, a high-performance built…
To use the Keychron Launcher on Linux for keyboard configuration and firmware upgrades, a udev rule must be created at `/etc/udev/rules.d/50-keychron.rules` using the keyboard's VID and PID to grant the browser access to…
The article discusses the history and current state of MySQL, noting its decline in popularity after Oracle's acquisition but arguing it may be due for a renaissance. Despite PostgreSQL becoming the default choice for ma…
The article describes the restructuring of the **NetEscapades.EnumGenerators** NuGet package, a source generator that creates fast `ToStringFast()` methods for enums to improve performance over built-in .NET methods. The…
After nearly four years at AWS, the author qualified for a laptop replacement and upgraded from a 13-inch M1 MacBook Pro to a 16-inch M4 MacBook Pro. The primary reason for choosing the larger, heavier model was to run l…
This is a patched Jinja template for the Qwen 3.5 27B model that fixes a crash when using the "developer" role and preserves the model's thinking mode (thinking=1). It serves as a drop-in replacement for agent tools like…
The article summarizes the author's attempt to replicate Oliver Ettlin's PTP wall clock, which was demonstrated at 39C3 to show precise time synchronization. After contacting Ettlin, the author found that Ettlin had publ…
The article is a FAQ by a long-term GrapheneOS user addressing common questions and misconceptions about the privacy-focused mobile operating system. It clarifies that installation is straightforward on supported Pixel d…
This article provides a technical guide for installing TrueNAS SCALE on a 16GB partition of a large NVMe drive, rather than using the entire disk, to conserve storage space. It details how to modify the installer script …
The article is a satirical, Kafkaesque dramatization of a developer's attempt to fix a Wayland-related crash in a Tauri app, which leads them deep into the complexities of the GTK open-source project. The narrative follo…
Based on the article, the author, a self-described "AI skeptic," successfully used local LLMs (GPT-OSS 20B and Qwen3 Coder 30B) to migrate blog comments, completing the task in a few evenings. The author notes that while…
The article describes the author's 2024 project of building a local, cloud-free Pi-based surveillance server using Frigate and a Coral TPU, housed in a rack-mounted Axzez Interceptor case. The author now aims to downsize…