Software

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Why is enabling automatic updates in NixOS so hard?
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9 min read

An explanation of NixOS' update process, and why something as simple as enabling automatic updates is so problematic.

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Keyoxide Proof
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Proof that I'm the real deal.

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Beeper, The killer chat app
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4 min read

Beeper is a secure, all-in-one chat app, and hopefully the last chat app you'll ever need.

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Self-hosted apps directory
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selfh.st/apps, a directory of self-hosted software.

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My Forgejo Account
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My personal Forgejo account where I host my public repos.

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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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3 weeks with Obsidian
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4 min read

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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