@rugged-gazelle.bsky.social
Interested in infrastructure, automation, devops, and homelabbing.
This is great! I'm just using the mkShell option which works great for me. This seems much more comprehensive.
July 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is great! I'm just using the mkShell option which works great for me. This seems much more comprehensive.
So like, I'm sure all of my problems are solvable, but because I'm still learning, I just have to learn to do it again in a way that's pretty deviant from the "traditional" Linux method.
July 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
So like, I'm sure all of my problems are solvable, but because I'm still learning, I just have to learn to do it again in a way that's pretty deviant from the "traditional" Linux method.
Well, let me preface this by saying that it's almost definitely an "I'm a noob"-type issue. I only today learned that I can setup a Python environment with a shell.nix file and use that to handle what my requirements.txt file normally handles (among other things). Really, it's just different.
July 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Well, let me preface this by saying that it's almost definitely an "I'm a noob"-type issue. I only today learned that I can setup a Python environment with a shell.nix file and use that to handle what my requirements.txt file normally handles (among other things). Really, it's just different.
Yeah, the documentation and governance issue is a bit interesting. But the operating system itself is solid and reliable. There's only a few issues I have with it, and it's as I slowly start dipping my toes more and more into programming type workflows, even though I'm no programmer.
July 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Yeah, the documentation and governance issue is a bit interesting. But the operating system itself is solid and reliable. There's only a few issues I have with it, and it's as I slowly start dipping my toes more and more into programming type workflows, even though I'm no programmer.
I've been using NixOS for a couple years now and it's just a delight for reproducability, but a bit of a rabbit hole to learn.
July 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I've been using NixOS for a couple years now and it's just a delight for reproducability, but a bit of a rabbit hole to learn.
Mind sharing your backup script? I'm trying to decide how to do my backups.
March 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Mind sharing your backup script? I'm trying to decide how to do my backups.
Throw some wifi cables in too, while you're cooking.
February 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Throw some wifi cables in too, while you're cooking.
I'm on an M2. I do have to keep settings low, but it's not prohibitively choppy or laggy or anything like that. Just not as nice as my desktop.
February 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I'm on an M2. I do have to keep settings low, but it's not prohibitively choppy or laggy or anything like that. Just not as nice as my desktop.
My poor 256GB MacBook Air informed me of exactly this condition a couple weeks ago.
February 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My poor 256GB MacBook Air informed me of exactly this condition a couple weeks ago.
Ah sorry, I probably missed the larger conversation. I'm still new to Blue Sky. Unfortunately I don't have much knowledge about hosting that sort of thing, though it is on my list.
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ah sorry, I probably missed the larger conversation. I'm still new to Blue Sky. Unfortunately I don't have much knowledge about hosting that sort of thing, though it is on my list.
Doesn't it really depend on what you're hosting, though? I don't use DO, but I'm guessing their $6 option is something like 1vCPU (shared) and 1GB of RAM.
I'm happily using that to manage a reverse proxy, link archiver, and ntfy server for myself.
I'm happily using that to manage a reverse proxy, link archiver, and ntfy server for myself.
February 4, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Doesn't it really depend on what you're hosting, though? I don't use DO, but I'm guessing their $6 option is something like 1vCPU (shared) and 1GB of RAM.
I'm happily using that to manage a reverse proxy, link archiver, and ntfy server for myself.
I'm happily using that to manage a reverse proxy, link archiver, and ntfy server for myself.
I'm just some random dude, but I love OliveTin. I use it in my homelab so that my brother can run through basic administrative tasks in the event of an issue and he doesn't want to reach out to me.
January 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I'm just some random dude, but I love OliveTin. I use it in my homelab so that my brother can run through basic administrative tasks in the event of an issue and he doesn't want to reach out to me.
Just realized I'm not sure where they're run out of though. Unsure if American or not.
January 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Just realized I'm not sure where they're run out of though. Unsure if American or not.
Maybe late to the question, but I've enjoyed MXRoute. They did a black friday sale I took advantage of a few years back so it was very cheap, but even without it it's nice.
January 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Maybe late to the question, but I've enjoyed MXRoute. They did a black friday sale I took advantage of a few years back so it was very cheap, but even without it it's nice.
Oh just me in my twenties and having worked both in the healthcare field and at an ISP... those fields never use fax.
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Oh just me in my twenties and having worked both in the healthcare field and at an ISP... those fields never use fax.
I've been a big fan of Zellij myself. I've been using it on my Air and have only had one issue (the Alt key?).
My rule of thumb is that if it's a tool I'm gonna use, I try to do it in the terminal via CLI or TUI. If it's something I expect anyone else to use I accept a web app or whatever.
My rule of thumb is that if it's a tool I'm gonna use, I try to do it in the terminal via CLI or TUI. If it's something I expect anyone else to use I accept a web app or whatever.
December 5, 2024 at 8:23 AM
I've been a big fan of Zellij myself. I've been using it on my Air and have only had one issue (the Alt key?).
My rule of thumb is that if it's a tool I'm gonna use, I try to do it in the terminal via CLI or TUI. If it's something I expect anyone else to use I accept a web app or whatever.
My rule of thumb is that if it's a tool I'm gonna use, I try to do it in the terminal via CLI or TUI. If it's something I expect anyone else to use I accept a web app or whatever.
This is way nice! I'll have to try to remember to post mine later.
Do you prefer TUIs simply for the bloat aspect, or does the experience benefit you as well?
Do you prefer TUIs simply for the bloat aspect, or does the experience benefit you as well?
December 5, 2024 at 8:03 AM
This is way nice! I'll have to try to remember to post mine later.
Do you prefer TUIs simply for the bloat aspect, or does the experience benefit you as well?
Do you prefer TUIs simply for the bloat aspect, or does the experience benefit you as well?
I've ran into this exact site a few times over the last week or so and have felt particularly frustrated by its experience. It takes up like half the damn page.
Goes to show that consumers aren't the priority in content delivery outside of the ability to sell them stuff or mine their data.
Goes to show that consumers aren't the priority in content delivery outside of the ability to sell them stuff or mine their data.
December 4, 2024 at 11:36 AM
I've ran into this exact site a few times over the last week or so and have felt particularly frustrated by its experience. It takes up like half the damn page.
Goes to show that consumers aren't the priority in content delivery outside of the ability to sell them stuff or mine their data.
Goes to show that consumers aren't the priority in content delivery outside of the ability to sell them stuff or mine their data.
10gbps might actually be (counterintuitively) cheaper, due to the heavy presence of 10gbps devices for ISPs, MSPs, and similar deployments. 2.5gbps is more niche, in my experience.
December 4, 2024 at 11:01 AM
10gbps might actually be (counterintuitively) cheaper, due to the heavy presence of 10gbps devices for ISPs, MSPs, and similar deployments. 2.5gbps is more niche, in my experience.
I personally prefer that it doesn't, as I handle it myself. And to be honest, I'm of the opinion that if you're exposing services you should absolutely know how to handle certificates at a basic level (I realize certs aren't *only* used for public access, but...).
December 4, 2024 at 6:42 AM
I personally prefer that it doesn't, as I handle it myself. And to be honest, I'm of the opinion that if you're exposing services you should absolutely know how to handle certificates at a basic level (I realize certs aren't *only* used for public access, but...).
If it were me I'd archive it then make it accessible from a new blog, if I were inclined to start a new one. Otherwise I'd just keep it in backed up storage somewhere.
December 3, 2024 at 9:34 AM
If it were me I'd archive it then make it accessible from a new blog, if I were inclined to start a new one. Otherwise I'd just keep it in backed up storage somewhere.
Sometimes part of the fun is playing by ear, then redeploying once you've learned from it! That's harder to do if your decisions involve purchases, though.
December 3, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Sometimes part of the fun is playing by ear, then redeploying once you've learned from it! That's harder to do if your decisions involve purchases, though.
What do you use for the eGPU enclosure?
November 27, 2024 at 8:28 AM
What do you use for the eGPU enclosure?