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This is an absolute banger of a review by prime and Dylan Beetle. I love the similar takes with different perspectives, would really like to see them podcast together, but this one way style interview does really well to cover a lot of issues in open source, rug pulls, version pinning, thankless maintainers, what its like to open source from a large company.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
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Perils of Self-Hosting
We speak to Kevin and Patricia from Traefik, discuss Alex's recent ZFS snafu and we wonder if the new Chromecasts can match up to the Nvidia Shield.
Self-Hosted Β· selfhosted.show [1]
Interesting takes on Diun here. I agree that I like to be in control of updates and pinning not to latest. both seemed like they werenβt going to run it because they can look up the latest version. Maybe I need to be less aggressive on keeping things up to date and its a me problem. I just got diun setup and hooked into ntfy, and I kinda like the automated checklist of new images that I can review and update.
To be a bit more clear, having control over changes coming in from others, even if I dont care to see the changelog, it is nice to roll out an update, have it in your git [2] history, watch it deploy and work like before, if not roll back and read the changelog. For internal applications Iβm down for automated releases like argo image updater give you, this thing has already gone through review, launch the damn thing at least to a dev space.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]:...
Spring 2025: Self-Hosted Update
The one where things plod along
dbushell.com Β· dbushell.com [1]
Davids blogs always have so many links that send me down new rabbit holes. Interesting that his experience with smart home is turning away, Iβve been somewhat interested for awhile, but never fully pulled the trigger on buying things.
I really hope tailscale enshitification does not take off, but really for me, I barely use it even as a homelabber. Idk why, but every other homelabber praises it so much and I just dont find myself using it.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://dbushell.com/2025/04/13/self-hosted-update-spring-2025/
[2]: /thoughts/
Characters
Xe Iaso
xeiaso.net [1]
xeiaso, has the coolest characters on her blog. Definitely something Iβd like to replicate. I really appreciate how each one has its own sprite sheet, and they have conversations with each other.
[2]
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://xeiaso.net/characters/
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/api/file/77dd4cb5-4fdb-4d09-8b9b-d9cdd72b2490.webp
[3]: /thoughts/
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I want to go build these now, these are suspension setups I had no idea you could do in trailmakers.
Note
This post is a thought [1]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
backup distrobox image
Today Iβm upgrading my distrobox, but donβt want to end up in a situation where
I canβt get anything done becauase I work out of my distrobox.
distrobox ls
distrobox stop devtainer
distrobox create --clone devtainer --name devtainer-20250409
distrobox enter devtainer
GitHub - adrianlopezroche/fdupes: FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories.
FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories. - adrianlopezroche/fdupes
GitHub Β· github.com [1]
keeping this in my back pocket for now. I just moved a few TBβs of data in the homelab [2] and I am expecting a lot of duplication to show up.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
[2]: /homelab/
[3]: /thoughts/
Iβm really excited about fdupes [1], an amazing project by adrianlopezroche [2]. Itβs worth exploring!
FDUPES is a program for identifying or deleting duplicate files residing within specified directories.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche/fdupes
[2]: https://github.com/adrianlopezroche
Diun
Receive notifications when a Docker image is updated on a Docker registry
crazymax.dev [1]
Diun, looks like a very interesting tool to monitor for image updates, it does not make any change, it only makes notifications. This feels like an easy start to getting image updates started with low effort, keep git [2] ops, but requires manual updates. I see this as a tool that would be a great start and pair well with automated image updaters to ensure they are working as expected.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://crazymax.dev/diun/
[2]: /glossary/git/
[3]: /thoughts/
Keel
Kubernetes Operator to automate Helm, DaemonSet, StatefulSet & Deployment updates
keel.sh [1]
Keel looks interesting, I might give it a try as a simple image updater. Iβm unsure if it fits my gitops patterns though. I like to keep everything defined in git [2], I donβt like drift outside of that so Keel might not be the thing I want.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://keel.sh/
[2]: /glossary/git/
[3]: /thoughts/
Changing k8s Storage Class - Migration Job
Iβm setting up longhorn in my homelab [1], and I ran into an issue where I
initially setup some pvcs under longhorn, and later realized that to get
longhorn to snapshot and backup I needed to hand edit volumes after the fact or
change storage class. Iβm all in on gitops so option 1 was not an option. So
changing storageclass it is.
Now the issue is that you CANNOT mutate storageclass on a provisioned pvc, it
is an immutable attribute.
Migration Job # [2]
This migration job will create a new pvc with the new storageclass and move the
data from the old pvc to the new pvc.
Existing Pods
This migration job will not work if you have a pod using the old pvc. You
will need to shutdown the pod and delete it.
# old pvc with longhorn storageclass
apiVersion: v1
kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
metadata:
name: site-pvc-longhorn
namespace: waylonwalker-com
spec:
storageClassName: longhorn-backup
accessModes:
- ReadWriteOnce
resources:
requests:
storage: 5Gi
# new pvc with longhorn-ba...
YouTube
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.
youtube.com [1]
Damn he makes this easy. I did not know about hx-select. yes there is waste in requesting the entire thing every 5s, but damn that was easy to get life reload. Iβve only done very specific backend endpoints, built pages up from partials, made endpoints for partials. keeping this one in my back pocket.
Iβm just kind of amazed that he could do this all in html [2] without touching the backend or js, typically things like this require one or the other. Yes js is running, but no other js library Iβm aware of lets you do this.
Note
This post is a thought [3]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch
[2]: /html/
[3]: /thoughts/
homelab drive ids
ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
Drive Bay 1
ata-ST4000VN008-2DR166_ZDHBZSWZ
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
| [ Power] [ Reset ] |
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
| [ BAY 5 ] 3TB WD30EFRX WMC4N0D3J9R7 ext4 /mnt/sdf4 |
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
| [ BAY 4 ] 14TB EXOS ZTM09R9N zfs main pool mirror /mnt/main |
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
| [ BAY 3 ] 14TB EXOS ZTM0AALS zfs main pool mirror /mnt/main |
+ββββββββββββββ-+
| [ BAY 2 ] 4TB IRONWOLF ZDHBZV3N zfs tank pool mirror /mnt/tank |
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
| [ BAY 1 ] 4TB IRONWOLF ZDHBZSWZ zfs tank pool mirror /mnt/tank |
+ββββββββββββββββββββββββ-+
I recently discovered kubectl.nvim [1] by Ramilito [2], and itβs truly impressive.
β Streamline your Kubernetes management within Neovimβcontrol and monitor your cluster seamlessly, all without leaving your coding environment.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/Ramilito/kubectl.nvim
[2]: https://github.com/Ramilito
[1]
This is a handy line to reset your admin password in nextcloud.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /static/https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/admin_manual/configuration_user/reset_admin_password.html
[2]: /thoughts/
Redis configuration
Overview of redis.conf, the Redis configuration file
Docs Β· redis.io [1]
redis has all of their default self documented configs hosted here. You can pull the default redis.conf for any of the major releases.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://redis.io/docs/latest/operate/oss_and_stack/management/config/
[2]: /thoughts/
If youβre into interesting projects, donβt miss out on xpipe-webtop [1], created by xpipe-io [2].
A containerized web-based desktop environment for XPipe
References:
[1]: https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe-webtop
[2]: https://github.com/xpipe-io
xpipe [1] by xpipe-io [2] is a game-changer in its space. Excited to see how it evolves.
Access your entire server infrastructure from your local desktop
References:
[1]: https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe
[2]: https://github.com/xpipe-io
Using pbpaste for command substitution keeps sensitive or long URLs out of
your shell history. Instead of typing git clone https://github.com/user/repo-with-long-name.git, copy the URL to clipboard and
run git clone "$(pbpaste)". This prevents the URL from appearing in
~/.bash_history or ~/.zsh_history.
To get pbpaste working on both Xorg and Wayland, add this to your shell config:
if [[ $(command -v wl-copy) ]]; then
alias pbcopy='wl-copy'
pbpaste() { wl-paste; }
elif [[ $(command -v xclip) ]]; then
alias pbcopy='xclip -selection clipboard'
pbpaste() { xclip -selection clipboard -o; }
fi
The function approach (instead of alias) enables command substitution, while
the quotes around $(pbpaste) handle spaces and special characters safely.
Now you can use it.
git clone "$(pbpaste)"
More importantly secrets can stay out of your history.
export GITHUB_TOKEN="$(pbpaste)"
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="$(pbpaste)"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="$(pbpaste)"
export DATABASE_URL="$(pbpaste)"
hotel_bookings.csv
Discover what actually works in AI. Join millions of builders, researchers, and labs evaluating agents, models, and frontier technology through crowdsourced benchmarks, competitions, and hackathons.
kaggle.com [1]
nice dataset to use for example / test projects. Iβm using it to play with duckdb currently.
Note
This post is a thought [2]. Itβs a short note that I make
about someone elseβs content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/ahmedsafwatgb20/hotel-bookingscsv?resource=download
[2]: /thoughts/