MERL-IX
@merlin.toot.kif.rocks.ap.brid.gy
The human incarnation of the term chaos engineering. German. Ex-TUDO. Server-toucher. Banking IT. Pro-🏳️🌈. Pro-🏳️⚧️. Not a fan of computers. Not a techbro.
🌉 bridged from ⁂ https://toot.kif.rocks/@merlin, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact
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Can one self-host the typst web editor yet?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Can one self-host the typst web editor yet?
Why am I receiving random spam or GDPR fakes to my GitLab email address?
January 12, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Why am I receiving random spam or GDPR fakes to my GitLab email address?
Thinking about giving each router port it's own IP and DNS name just for cooler traceroutes. That would mean I have to set up proper rDNS though...
January 11, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Thinking about giving each router port it's own IP and DNS name just for cooler traceroutes. That would mean I have to set up proper rDNS though...
today is the first time I saw a zero-indexed name server (as in ns0.example.com)
January 11, 2026 at 3:02 PM
today is the first time I saw a zero-indexed name server (as in ns0.example.com)
Cool tip for alt text on 88x31 badged: You can just copy them from linus.dev
January 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Cool tip for alt text on 88x31 badged: You can just copy them from linus.dev
once again working on the homepage
January 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
once again working on the homepage
nothing better than a sunny sunday morning with a lot of bass and some light web design
January 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
nothing better than a sunny sunday morning with a lot of bass and some light web design
Maybe I should get back into Linux desktop modding
January 11, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Maybe I should get back into Linux desktop modding
NNooooo they killed https://www.dns0.eu
dns0.eu
www.dns0.eu
January 10, 2026 at 7:21 PM
NNooooo they killed https://www.dns0.eu
1&1/Ionos now has a competitor to Netlify/Vercel https://www.ionos.com/hosting/deploy-now
Deploy Now » Build and Deploy via GitHub | IONOS
Build, stage and deploy sites and apps via GitHub on secure infrastructure. Supports frameworks like Symfony, Laravel, Hugo, Jekyll and more.
www.ionos.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:40 PM
1&1/Ionos now has a competitor to Netlify/Vercel https://www.ionos.com/hosting/deploy-now
TIL there now is now a new, "*European*" S3 service, Impossible Cloud https://www.impossiblecloud.com/
I wonder if they are as European as DNS4EU
I wonder if they are as European as DNS4EU
Impossible Cloud — Europe’s Sovereign Cloud Storage
Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Full S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.
www.impossiblecloud.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
TIL there now is now a new, "*European*" S3 service, Impossible Cloud https://www.impossiblecloud.com/
I wonder if they are as European as DNS4EU
I wonder if they are as European as DNS4EU
found an old empty of mine called yt-dlpee and I know I had big plans
January 10, 2026 at 6:21 PM
found an old empty of mine called yt-dlpee and I know I had big plans
:neocat_think: .oO(WindowMager on Asahi Linux)
January 9, 2026 at 2:02 PM
:neocat_think: .oO(WindowMager on Asahi Linux)
If I have money I'm gonna buy a WinRAR license
January 9, 2026 at 1:51 PM
If I have money I'm gonna buy a WinRAR license
New Kevin Fang video about *drumrolls* the Matrix.org homeserver collapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W42YJYkO8gw
Highly recommended watch
Highly recommended watch
January 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
New Kevin Fang video about *drumrolls* the Matrix.org homeserver collapse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W42YJYkO8gw
Highly recommended watch
Highly recommended watch
once again thinking about moving to Hashicorp Nomad
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 AM
once again thinking about moving to Hashicorp Nomad
why do I always forget that SSH private keys hold a comment field and by default its your username@computername
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
why do I always forget that SSH private keys hold a comment field and by default its your username@computername
aah right, mikrotik has a new website and it actually looks nice https://mikrotik.com/software
MikroTik
MikroTik makes networking hardware and software, which is used in nearly all countries of the world. Our mission is to make existing Internet technologies faster, more powerful and affordable to wider range of users.
mikrotik.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:54 PM
aah right, mikrotik has a new website and it actually looks nice https://mikrotik.com/software
DOSiS corepage - Dortmunder Studenten Informationssystem
https://web.archive.org/web/19971012033901/http://www.dosis.uni-dortmund.de/core.html
https://web.archive.org/web/19971012033901/http://www.dosis.uni-dortmund.de/core.html
DOSiS corepage - Dortmunder Studenten Informationssystem
Hauptseite des DOSiS WWW Angebotes, Universität Dortmund
web.archive.org
January 8, 2026 at 8:34 PM
DOSiS corepage - Dortmunder Studenten Informationssystem
https://web.archive.org/web/19971012033901/http://www.dosis.uni-dortmund.de/core.html
https://web.archive.org/web/19971012033901/http://www.dosis.uni-dortmund.de/core.html
If there was Cockpit for PostmarketOS I'd genuinely use it as my server OS
January 8, 2026 at 8:02 PM
If there was Cockpit for PostmarketOS I'd genuinely use it as my server OS
I forgot about Auto Modellista
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I forgot about Auto Modellista
Today I took entirely to long to debug a php web app because php-fpm does *not* have a dependency on php. because why would it. Who would want to run php in their php-fpm. I hate computers.
January 8, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Today I took entirely to long to debug a php web app because php-fpm does *not* have a dependency on php. because why would it. Who would want to run php in their php-fpm. I hate computers.
The Omada router needs two (2) physical wires to the Mikrotik because it has fun opinions on how WAN and LAN should be separated
January 8, 2026 at 12:12 PM
The Omada router needs two (2) physical wires to the Mikrotik because it has fun opinions on how WAN and LAN should be separated
Reposted by MERL-IX
I still cant believe someone decided to call a software "Splunk"
January 8, 2026 at 10:01 AM
I still cant believe someone decided to call a software "Splunk"