Making your dev environment more closely resemble production/CI

Signing commits on Windows with GPG in Windows, WSL, and Dev Containers

Properly configuring your Hugo site’s base URL when using Cloudflare Pages.

Using resources in Hugo to automatically process static site assets.

Modern Python tools for modern Python developers: Volume 2

Using an HP Chromebox to run Octoprint for my Ender 3

Building a one-key keyboard with the NovelKeys Big Switch

My personal pet peeves when writing Python

Modern Python tools for modern Python developers

Explaining the structure of Docker image names and the hidden defaults

How to effectively cache Python packages from Azure Artifacts in CI/CD

Take your Python code to the next level with type hints

Some of my favorite VS Code extensions that have changed how I write code.

Run your own Docker registry with a web UI and vulnerability scanning for free by using Quay and Clair from Red Hat

Shave 50MB off your AWS Lambda functions with just a little bit lot of configuration

Now that I live somewhere permanently, my home network has gotten more complex.

Cleaning an original IBM Model M from 1986

How to deal with an extremely strange Python file permission issue

A short rant on companies’ obsession with domain names

How to install the Spin model checker on Windows

An update on my various Wyze health products

A humorous analysis of the practicality of using a corncob as a football

My review of the new(ish) Wyze Scale

My review of the new(ish) Wyze Band

An introductory guide to using AWS DynamoDB

Doing bad things with Python to fake module imports

Short update on my repaired 1973 Schwinn bike

Discovering that Synergy was causing my mouse cursor to lag on Windows

Repairing an old 27" 1973 Schwinn Varsity 10-speed bicycle to rideable condition

My experience moving from Google Drive to OneDrive.

Replacing Mailgun with SendGrid and ForwardEmail

Fixing Asus Armoury Crate from waking my Windows computer from sleep

Building a server inside an old Sun Ultra 24 case

Writing a custom build hook for Docker Hub to apply multiple tags to a Docker image

How I used GitHub Actions to completely automate the building and deployment of my personal site (and this blog)

This is the first time I’ve lived somewhere where I can setup my own network. I just wanted to write up how I’ve done it.

Installing HPE Linux Management Component Pack on Ubuntu on a Gen 5 server

Replacing existing MySQL 8 containers in Docker Compose stacks with MariaDB

Moving my personal web apps from the cloud to self-hosted infrastructure

Getting BOINC to work on a High-Performance Cluster that uses Sun Grid Engine for job scheduling to donate extra compute time