Blogs

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The Antidepressant That Changed My Life
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6 min read

My first few weeks on Auvelity, a relatively new and unexpectedly effective anti-depressant.

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My Nixos Configuration
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7 min read

A walkthrough of my latest NixOS configuration using Flakes, Home Manager, and a poor man's secrets management solution.

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Installing a Custom Package With Nix
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5 min read

A (relatively) quick guide to creating a custom package on Nix and NixOS.

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NixOS: What is it, how does it work, and should you use it?
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11 min read

I talk about my experience using NixOS after two weeks of using it as my primary OS. I'll explain what it is, how it works, and whether you should try it.

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Reflecting on Everything Everywhere All at Once
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4 min read

My thoughts on Everything Everywhere All at Once, the nature of reality, the endless tug of war between purpose and nihilism, and finding meaning in the absurd.

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How to run a virtual machine on Kubernetes using KubeVirt
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7 min read

My experience with using KubeVirt to run a virtual machine on a bare metal Kubernetes server.

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3 weeks with Obsidian
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Blog post recapping my current (as of August 21) Obsidian setup, changes from my previous blog post, and how I made it my universal information hub.

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Why Obsidian is now my preferred PKM tool
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8 min read

Since trying Logseq in July, I moved on to using Obsidian full-time. Here's why, and here's how I configured it to work for me.

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Switching From Nextcloud to Syncthing
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6 min read

I recently migrated from Nextcloud to SyncThing, a decentralized file synchronization application. Here's what my experience has been like so far.

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