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| author | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2022-10-12 10:16:28 +0300 |
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| committer | Paul Buetow <paul@buetow.org> | 2022-10-12 10:16:28 +0300 |
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diff --git a/gemfeed/atom.xml b/gemfeed/atom.xml index 4fbc7fda..4c6e18d4 100644 --- a/gemfeed/atom.xml +++ b/gemfeed/atom.xml @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> - <updated>2022-10-01T11:25:16+03:00</updated> + <updated>2022-10-12T10:15:57+03:00</updated> <title>foo.zone feed</title> <subtitle>To be in the .zone!</subtitle> <link href="gemini://foo.zone/gemfeed/atom.xml" rel="self" /> @@ -18,8 +18,12 @@ <summary>Everyone has it once a while: A bad night's sleep. Here I attempt to list useful tips how to deal with it.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>After a bad night's sleep</h1> -<p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-09-30</i></p> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 6729 Oct 1 11:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 6738 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-09-30-after-a-bad-nights-sleep.gmi +<h1>After a bad night's sleep</h1> +<p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-09-30, last updated 2022-10-12</i></p> <pre> z z @@ -33,50 +37,50 @@ jgs (________\ \ '-' </pre><br /> -<p>Everyone has it once a while: A bad night's sleep. Here I attempt to list useful tips how to deal with it.</p> -<h2>Don't take the day off</h2> -<p>Don't take a day off after not having slept enough the previous night. That would be wasting the holiday allowance. It wouldn't be possible to enjoy my free time anyway, so why not just work? For an IT Engineer, there's still a way to be productive (sometimes even more) with half or less of the concentration power available!</p> +<p>Everyone has it once in a while: A bad night's sleep. Here I attempt to list valuable tips on how to deal with it.</p> +<h2>Don't take the day off.</h2> +<p>Don't take a day off after not sleeping enough the previous night. That would be wasting the holiday allowance. It wouldn't be possible to enjoy my free time anyway, so why not just work? There's still a way for an IT Engineer to be productive (sometimes even more) with half or less of the concentration power available!</p> <h2>Start work early</h2> <p>Probably I am already awake early and am unable to fall asleep again. My strategy here is to "attack" the day: Start work early and finish early. The early bird will also encounter fewer distractions from colleagues.</p> <h2>Sweat the small stuff</h2> -<p>For me, there's never a shortage of small items to hook off my list. Most of these items don't require my full concentration power and I will be happy to get them off my list so that the next day, after a good night's sleep, I can immerse myself again with focused deep work with all concentration powers at hand.</p> +<p>There's never a shortage of small items to hook off my list. Most of these items don't require my full concentration power, and I will be happy to get them off my list so that the next day, after a good night's sleep, I can immerse myself again in focused, deep work with all concentration powers at hand.</p> <p>Examples of "small work items" are:</p> <ul> <li>Tidying up the workspace.</li> <li>Installing pending computer software updates.</li> -<li>Going through the work backlog: Create new tickets, close obsolete one, roughly pre-plan upcoming work.</li> +<li>Going through the work backlog: Create new tickets, close obsolete ones, and roughly pre-plan upcoming work.</li> <li>Finishing off the easy tickets from the current sprint.</li> -<li>Going through any kind of boring paper work.</li> -<li>Catching up with the journal and mark off all trivial action items.</li> +<li>Going through any tedious paperwork.</li> +<li>Catch up with the journal and mark off all trivial action items.</li> </ul> -<h2>Enter the flow state </h2> -<p>I personally find it easy to enter the "flow state" after a bad night's sleep. All what I need to do is to put on some ambient music (preferably instrumental chill house) and start to work on a not too difficult ticket.</p> -<p>Normally, the "flow state" is associated with deep focused work but deep focused work isn't easily possible under sleep deprivation. It's still possible to be in the flow by working on easier tasks and leave the difficult ones for the next day.</p> +<h2>Enter the flow state</h2> +<p>I find it easy to enter the "flow state" after a bad night's sleep. All I need to do is to put on some ambient music (preferably instrumental chill house) and start to work on a not-too-difficult ticket.</p> +<p>Usually, the "flow state" is associated with deep-focused work, but deep-focused work isn't easily possible under sleep deprivation. It's still possible to be in the flow by working on more manageable tasks and leaving the difficult ones for the next day.</p> <h2>Reschedule meetings</h2> -<p>I find it difficult to engage in discussions and demanding meetings after a bad night's sleep. I still attend the meetings I am invited to as "only" a participant, but prefer to reschedule all meetings I am the main driver of.</p> -<p>This, unfortunately, also includes interviews. Interviews require full concentration power. So for interviews I would find a colleague to step in for me or ask to completely reschedule the interview. Everything else wouldn't make it justice and would waste everyone's time!</p> +<p>I find engaging in discussions and demanding meetings challenging after a lousy night's sleep. I still attend the sessions I am invited to as "only" a participant, but I prefer to reschedule all meetings I am the primary driver of.</p> +<p>This, unfortunately, also includes interviews. Interviews require full concentration power. So for interviews, I would find a colleague to step in for me or ask to reschedule the interview altogether. Everything else wouldn't make it justice and would waste everyone's time!</p> <h2>Invent</h2> -<p>The mind works differently under sleep deprivation: It's easier to invent new stuff as it's easier to have a look at things from different perspectives. As a matter of fact, until an hour ago I didn't know yet what I would be blogging about for this month and then I just started writing this and it took me only half an hour to write the first draft of this blog post!</p> +<p>The mind works differently under sleep deprivation: It's easier to invent new stuff as it's easier to have a look at things from different perspectives. Until an hour ago, I didn't know yet what I would be blogging about for this month, and then I just started writing this, and it took me only half an hour to write the first draft of this blog post!</p> <h2>Fast</h2> -<p>I don't eat breakfast and I don't eat lunch on these days. I only have dinner. Not eating means that my mind doesn't become foggy and I keep up the work momentum. This is called intermittent fasting which not only generally helps to keep the weight under control and boosts the concentration power. Furthermore, intermittent fasting is healthy. You should include it into your routine anyway, even after a good night's sleep.</p> -<h2>Strech </h2> -<p>I won't have enough energy for serious physical exercise on those days, but a 30 to 60 minute stretching session can make the day. Stretching will even hurt less under sleep depravation! The stretching could also be substituted with a light Yoga session.</p> -<h2>Walk </h2> -<p>I will have enough energy for one or two daily walks, though (~10k steps for the day in total). Walking is healthy and the time can be used to listen to interesting podcasts. The available concentration power might not be enough for a more sophisticated audio literature, though. Sometimes, I listen to music during the walks. I also try to catch the bright sunlight...</p> +<p>I don't eat breakfast, and I don't eat lunch on these days. I only have dinner. Not eating means my mind doesn't get foggy, and I keep up the work momentum. This is called intermittent fasting, which not only generally helps to keep the weight under control and boosts the concentration power. Furthermore, intermittent fasting is healthy. You should include it in your routine, even after a good night's sleep.</p> +<h2>Stretch</h2> +<p>I won't have enough energy for strenuous physical exercise on those days, but a 30 to a 60-minute stretching session can make the day. Stretching will even hurt less under sleep deprivation! The stretching could also be substituted with a light Yoga session.</p> +<h2>Walk</h2> +<p>Walking is healthy, and the time can be used to listen to interesting podcasts. The available concentration power might not be enough for more sophisticated audio literature. I will have enough energy for one or two daily walks (~10k steps for the day in total). Sometimes, I listen to music during walks. I also try to catch the bright sunlight.</p> <h2>Red Bull</h2> -<p>I don't think that Red Bull is a healthy drink. But once in a while a can in the early afternoon brings wonders and the productivity will skyrocket. Other than Red Bull, drink a lot of water throughout the day.</p> +<p>I don't think that Red Bull is a healthy drink. But once in a while, a can in the early afternoon brings wonders, and productivity will skyrocket. Other than Red Bull, drink a lot of water throughout the day. Don't forget to drink the sugar-free version; otherwise, your intermittent fast will be broken.</p> <h2>Power nap</h2> -<p>I don't know how to "enforce" a nap, but sometimes I manage to power nap and it helps wonders. A 30 minute nap sometimes brings me back to normal. If you don't manage to fast as you are too hungry it helps to try to nap approximately 30 minutes after having eaten something.</p> -<h2>Don't take anything personally</h2> -<p>It's much more difficult to keep the mind "under control" in this state. Every annoyance has the potential to upset and this could reflect to the work colleagues. It is wise to attempt to go with a positive attitude into the day, to always smile and to be polite to the family and the colleagues at work. Don't let anything drop out to the people next, they don't deserve it as they didn't do anything wrong! Also, remember, it can't be controlled all. It's time to let go of the annoyances for the day.</p> +<p>I don't know how to "enforce" a nap, but sometimes I manage to power nap, and it helps wonders. A 30-minute nap sometimes brings me back to normal. If you don't tend to fast as you are too hungry, it helps to try to nap approximately 30 minutes after eating something.</p> +<h2>Don't take anything personally.</h2> +<p>It's much more challenging to keep the mind "under control" in this state. Every annoyance can potentially upset, which could reflect on the work colleagues. It is wise to attempt to go with a positive attitude into the day, always smile and be polite to the family and colleagues at work. Don't let anything drop out to the people next; they don't deserve it as they didn't do anything wrong! Also, remember, it can't be controlled at all. It's time to let go of the annoyances for the day.</p> <h2>Meditate</h2> -<p>In order to keep the good vibe, it helps to meditate for 10 minutes. Meditation must nothing be fancy. It can be just lying on the sofa and observing your thoughts as they come and go. Don't judge the thoughts as that could put you into a negative mood. It's not necessary to sit in an uncomfortable Yoga pose and also it is not necessary to chant "Ohhmmmmm".</p> +<p>To keep the good vibe, it helps to meditate for 10 minutes. Meditation must nothing be fancy. It can be just lying on the sofa and observing your thoughts as they come and go. Don't judge your thoughts, as that could put you in a negative mood. It's not necessary to sit in an uncomfortable Yoga pose, and it is not required to chant "Ohhmmmmm".</p> <h2>Write things down</h2> -<p>Sometimes something requiring more concentration power demands the time. This is where it helps to write a note into a journal and come back to it in another day. This doesn't mean slacking off, but it means managing the rare available concentration power for the day. I might repeat myself: Today, sweat all the small stuff. Tomorrow, do the deep focused work on that important project again.</p> -<p>It's easier to forget things on those days so everything should be written down so that it can be worked off later. Things written down will not be forgotten! </p> +<p>Sometimes something requiring more concentration power demands time. This is where it helps to write a note in a journal and return to it another day. This doesn't mean slacking off but managing the rarely available concentration power for the day. I might repeat myself: Today, sweat all the small stuff. Tomorrow, do the deep-focused work on that crucial project again.</p> +<p>It's easier to forget things on those days, so everything should be written down so that it can be worked off later. Things written down will not be overlooked!</p> <h2>Social media</h2> -<p>I dislike checking social media, as it can consume a lot of time and can become addictive. But once in a while I want to catch up with my "networks". Now, after a bad night's sleep, it's the perfect time to check your social media. Once done, you don't have to do it anymore for the next couple of days!</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>I wouldn't say I like checking social media, as it can consume a lot of time and can become addictive. But once in a while, I want to catch up with my "networks". After a bad night's sleep, it's the perfect time to check your social media. Once done, you don't have to do it anymore for the next couple of days!</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -92,7 +96,11 @@ jgs (________\ \ <summary>I am proud to announce that I've released Gemtexter version `1.1.0`. What is Gemtexter? It's my static site generator written in GNU Bash:. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 4095 Sep 30 09:31 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 4092 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-08-27-gemtexter-1.1.0-lets-gemtext-again.gmi +<h1>Gemtexter 1.1.0 - Let's Gemtext again</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-08-27</i></p> <pre> -=[ typewriter ]=- 1/98 @@ -152,7 +160,7 @@ check_dependencies () { <h3>More</h3> <p>Additionally, there were a couple of bug fixes, refactorings and overall improvements in the documentation made. </p> <p>Overall I think it's a pretty solid <span class="inlinecode">1.1.0</span> release without anything groundbreaking (therefore no major version jump). But I am happy about it.</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -168,7 +176,11 @@ check_dependencies () { <summary>I was amazed how easy it is to automatically generate and update Let's Encrypt certificates with OpenBSD.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 21487 Sep 30 09:29 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 21484 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-07-30-lets-encrypt-with-openbsd-and-rex.gmi +<h1>Let's Encrypt with OpenBSD and Rex</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-07-30</i></p> <pre> / _ \ @@ -759,7 +771,7 @@ rex commons <p>ACME and Let's Encrypt greatly help reducing recurring manual maintenance work (creating and renewing certificates). Furthermore, all the certificates are free of costs! I love to use OpenBSD and Rex to automate all of this.</p> <p>OpenBSD suits perfectly here as all the tools are already part of the base installation. Rex is not as powerful and popular as other configuration management systems (e.g. Puppet, Chef, SALT or even Ansible). It is more of an underdog and the community is small. But I like underdogs.</p> <p>I love the fact that a <span class="inlinecode">Rexfile</span> is just a Perl DSL. Why re-inventing the wheel? Also, OpenBSD comes with Perl in the base system. So no new programming language had to be added to my mix for the configuration management system. Also, the <span class="inlinecode">acme.sh</span> shell script is not a Bash but a standard Bourne shell script so that I didn't have to install yet another shell as OpenBSD does not come with the Bash pre-installed.</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -775,7 +787,11 @@ rex commons <summary>This blog post is a bit different from the others. It consists of multiple but smaller projects worth mentioning. I got inspired by Julia Evan's 'Tiny programs' blog post and the side projects of The Sephist, so I thought I would also write a blog posts listing a couple of small projects of mine:. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Sweating the small stuff - Tiny projects of mine</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 20520 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 20517 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-06-15-sweating-the-small-stuff.gmi +<h1>Sweating the small stuff - Tiny projects of mine</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-06-15, last updated at 2022-06-18</i></p> <pre> _ @@ -1000,7 +1016,7 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs <a class="textlink" href="gemini://konpeito.media">gemini://konpeito.media</a><br /> <p>If you wonder what Gemini is:</p> <a class="textlink" href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2021-04-24-welcome-to-the-geminispace.html">Welcome to the Geminispae</a><br /> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1016,7 +1032,11 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs <summary>Perl (the Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a battle-tested, mature, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language. Note that it's not called PERL, neither P.E.R.L. nor Pearl. 'Perl' is the name of the language and 'perl' the name of the interpreter or the interpreter command.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Perl is still a great choice</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 16143 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 16140 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.gmi +<h1>Perl is still a great choice</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-05-27, Comic source: XKCD</i></p> <a href="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice/regular_expressions.png"><img src="https://foo.zone/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice/regular_expressions.png" /></a><br /> <p>Perl (the Practical Extraction and Report Language) is a battle-tested, mature, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language. Note that it's not called PERL, neither P.E.R.L. nor Pearl. "Perl" is the name of the language and "perl" the name of the interpreter or the interpreter command.</p> @@ -1101,7 +1121,7 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs </ul> <p>Btw.: Did you know that the first version of PHP was a set of Perl snippets? Only later, PHP became an independent programming language.</p> <a class="textlink" href="https://www.perl.org">https://www.perl.org</a><br /> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1117,7 +1137,11 @@ v = 008 [v = p*c*(s != c ? 2 : 1)] Total logical CPUs <summary>I have been participating in an annual work-internal project contest (we call it Pet Project contest) since I moved to London and switched jobs to my current employer. I am very happy to say that I won a 'silver' prize last week here 🎆. Over the last couple of years I have been a finalist in this contest six times and won some kind of prize five times. Some of my projects were also released as open source software. One had a magazine article published, and for another one I wrote an article on my employer's engineering blog. If you have followed all my posts on this blog (the one you are currently reading), then you have probably figured out what these projects were:. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Creative universe</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 14567 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 14564 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-04-10-creative-universe.gmi +<h1>Creative universe</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-04-10, last updated at 2022-04-18</i></p> <pre> . + . . . . . . @@ -1208,7 +1232,7 @@ learn () { <li>The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books</li> <li>Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons</li> </ul> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1224,7 +1248,11 @@ learn () { <summary>I have recently released DTail 4.0.0 and this blog post goes through all the new goodies. You can also read my previous post about DTail in case you wonder what DTail is:. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>The release of DTail 4.0.0</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 11938 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 11935 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-03-06-the-release-of-dtail-4.0.0.gmi +<h1>The release of DTail 4.0.0</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-03-06</i></p> <pre> ,_---~~~~~----._ @@ -1460,7 +1488,7 @@ exec /usr/local/bin/dtailhealth --server localhost:2222 <p>I am a bit busy at the moment with two other pet projects of mine (one internal work-project, and one personal one, the latter you will read about in the next couple of months). If you have ideas (or even a patch), then please don't hesitate to contact me (either via E-Mail or a request at GitHub).</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Paul</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1476,7 +1504,11 @@ exec /usr/local/bin/dtailhealth --server localhost:2222 <summary>This is a list of Operating Systems I currently use. This list is in no particular order and also will be updated over time. The very first operating system I used was MS-DOS (mainly for games) and the very first Unix like operating system I used was SuSE Linux 5.3. My first smartphone OS was Symbian on a clunky Sony Ericsson device.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Computer operating systems I use(d)</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 15965 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 15962 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-02-04-computer-operating-systems-i-use.gmi +<h1>Computer operating systems I use(d)</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-02-04, updated 2022-02-18</i></p> <pre> /( )` @@ -1626,7 +1658,7 @@ GNU/kFreeBSD rhea.buetow.org 8.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p5 #2: Sat Nov 2 <a class="textlink" href="https://asteroidos.org/">Asteroids OS - Open source smartphone OS</a><br /> <a class="textlink" href="https://www.dragonflybsd.org/">DragonFly BSD - Fork of FreeBSD 4</a><br /> <a class="textlink" href="http://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Phosh">Phosh (on postmarketOS) - A true Linux shell for the smartphone</a><br /> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1642,7 +1674,11 @@ GNU/kFreeBSD rhea.buetow.org 8.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p5 #2: Sat Nov 2 <summary>I don't count this as a real blog post, but more of an announcement (I aim to write one real post once monthly). From now on, 'foo.zone' is the new address of this site. All other addresses will still forward to it and eventually (based on the traffic still going through) will be deactivated.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Welcome to the foo.zone</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 3367 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 3364 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-01-23-welcome-to-the-foo.zone.gmi +<h1>Welcome to the foo.zone</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-01-23</i></p> <pre> __ @@ -1673,7 +1709,7 @@ GNU/kFreeBSD rhea.buetow.org 8.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p5 #2: Sat Nov 2 <p>As a funny bit, I almost chose "foo.surf" over "foo.zone" as in "surfing this site", but then decided against it as I would have to tell everyone that I am not into water sports so much. Well, on the other hand, I now may have to explain to non-programmers that I am not a fan of the rock band "Foo Fighters". But that will be acceptable, as I don't expect "normal" people visiting the foo zone as much anyway. If you reached as far, I have to congratulate you. You are not a normal person.</p> <h2>What about my old hosts</h2> <p>The host buetow.org will stay. However, not as the primary address for this site. I will keep using it for my personal internet infrastructure as well as for most of my E-Mail addresses. I used buetow.org for that over the past 10 years already anyway and that won't change any time soon. I don't know what I am going to do with snonux.de in the long run. A .de SLD (for Germany) is pretty cheap, so I might just keep it for now. </p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -1689,7 +1725,11 @@ GNU/kFreeBSD rhea.buetow.org 8.0-RELEASE-p5 FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE-p5 #2: Sat Nov 2 <summary>This is the second blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Bash tips, tricks and weirdnesses I came across. It's a collection of smaller articles I wrote in an older (in German language) blog, which I translated and refreshed with some new content.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Bash Golf Part 2</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13088 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13085 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.gmi +<h1>Bash Golf Part 2</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2022-01-01, last updated at 2022-01-05</i></p> <pre> @@ -2085,7 +2125,7 @@ PAUL:X:1000:1000:PAUL BUETOW:/HOME/PAUL:/BIN/BASH ❯ echo $? 1 </pre><br /> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2101,7 +2141,11 @@ PAUL:X:1000:1000:PAUL BUETOW:/HOME/PAUL:/BIN/BASH <summary>Log4shell (CVE-2021-44228) made it clear, once again, that working in information technology is not an easy job (especially when you are a DevOps/SRE or a security engineer). I thought it would be interesting to summarize a few techniques to help you to relax.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>How to stay sane as a DevOps person </h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13662 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13659 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.gmi +<h1>How to stay sane as a DevOps person </h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-12-26, last updated at 2022-01-12</i></p> <pre> ) @@ -2177,7 +2221,7 @@ PAUL:X:1000:1000:PAUL BUETOW:/HOME/PAUL:/BIN/BASH <h2>More</h2> <p>Another blog post worth reading:</p> <a class="textlink" href="https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-to-stay-sane-in-todays-world-of-tech.html">https://unixsheikh.com/articles/how-to-stay-sane-in-todays-world-of-tech.html</a><br /> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2193,7 +2237,11 @@ PAUL:X:1000:1000:PAUL BUETOW:/HOME/PAUL:/BIN/BASH <summary>This is the first blog post about my Bash Golf series. This series is random Bash tips, tricks and weirdnesses I came across. It's a collection of smaller articles I wrote in an older (in German language) blog, which I translated and refreshed with some new content.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Bash Golf Part 1</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 14190 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 14187 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-11-29-bash-golf-part-1.gmi +<h1>Bash Golf Part 1</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-11-29, last updated at 2022-01-05</i></p> <pre> @@ -2561,7 +2609,7 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is .10 </pre><br /> <p>See you later for the next post of this series.</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2577,7 +2625,11 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <summary>I have seen many different setups and infrastructures during my carreer. My roles always included front-line ad-hoc fire fighting production issues. This often involves identifying and fixing these under time pressure, without the comfort of 2-week-long SCRUM sprints and without an exhaustive QA process. I also wrote a lot of code (Bash, Ruby, Perl, Go, and a little Java), and I followed the typical software development process, but that did not always apply to critical production issues.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Defensive DevOps</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13787 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 13784 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.gmi +<h1>Defensive DevOps</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-10-22</i></p> <pre> c=====e @@ -2640,7 +2692,7 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <h2>Retrospective</h2> <p>For every major incident, you need to follow up with an incident retrospective. A blame-free, detailed description of exactly what went wrong to cause the incident, along with a list of steps to take to prevent a similar incident from occurring again in the future.</p> <p>This usually means creating one or more tickets, which will be dealt with soon. Once the permanent fix is deployed, you can remove your ad-hoc automation and monitoring around it and focus on your regular work again.</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2656,7 +2708,11 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <summary>A robust computer system must be kept simple and stupid (KISS). The fancier the system is, the more can break. Unfortunately, most systems tend to become complex and challenging to maintain in today's world. In the early days, so I was told, engineers understood every part of the system, but nowadays, we see more of the 'lasagna' stack. One layer or framework is built on top of another layer, and in the end, nobody has got a clue what's going on.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Keep it simple and stupid</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 9415 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 9412 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.gmi +<h1>Keep it simple and stupid</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-09-12, last updated at 2022-04-21</i></p> <pre> _______________ |*\_/*|_______ @@ -2710,7 +2766,7 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <h2>Other relevant readings</h2> <a class="textlink" href="https://unixsheikh.com/articles/is-the-madness-ever-going-to-end.html">Is the madness ever going to end?</a><br /> <p>Enough ranted for now!</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> <p class="quote"><i>Controversially, a lack of features is a feature. Enjoy your peace an quiet. - Michael W Lucas </i></p> </div> </content> @@ -2727,7 +2783,11 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <summary>I believe that it is essential to always have free and open-source alternatives to any kind of closed-source proprietary software available to choose from. But there are a couple of points you need to take into consideration. . .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>On being Pedantic about Open-Source</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 17636 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 17630 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.gmi +<h1>On being Pedantic about Open-Source</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-08-01</i></p> <pre> __ @@ -2762,7 +2822,7 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <p>Security bugs in open-source projects are exposed to the public and fixed quickly, while we don't know exactly what happens to security bugs in closed-source ones. Still, hackers and security specialists can find them through reverse engineering and penetration testing. Overall, thinking of security, In my opinion it is still better to prefer open-source software because the more significant the project, the higher the probability that security bugs are found and fixed as more parties are looking into it. Furthermore, provided you have the necessary resources, you could still deduct an audit by yourself. The latter especially happens when companies with its own security and penetration testing departments are evaluating the use of open-source. This is something not every company can afford though.</p> <h2>Always watch out for open-source alternatives</h2> <p>Do you need Microsoft Word? Why don't you just use the Vim text editor or GNU Emacs to write your letters? If that's too nerdy, you can still use open-source alternatives such as AbiWord or LibreOffice. Larger organizations have the tendency to standardize the software their employees have to use. Unfortunately, as Microsoft Word is the de-facto standard text processing program, most companies prefer Word over LibreOffice. Same with Microsoft Excel vs LibreOffice Calc or other spreadsheet alternatives like Gnumeric. I don't know why that is; please....</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> <p>I only use free and open-source operating systems on my personal Laptops, Desktop PCs and servers (FreeBSD and Linux based ones). Most of the programs and apps I use on them are free and open-source as well, and I am comfortable with it for over twenty years. Exceptions are the BIOSes and some firmwares of my devices. I also use Skype as most of my friends and family are using it. They are, unfortunately, proprietary software still. But I will be looking into Matrix as a Skype alternative when I have time. There are also open BIOS alternatives, but they usually don't work on my devices.</p> <h2>What about mobile?</h2> <p>I struggle to go 100% open-source on my Smartphone. I use a Samsung phone with the stock Android as provided by Samsung. I love the device as it is large enough to use as a portable reading and note-taking device, and it can also take decent pictures. As a cloud backup solution, I have my own NextCloud server (open-source). Android is mainly open-source software, but many closed parts are still included. I replaced most of the standard apps with free and open-source variants from the F-Droid store though.</p> @@ -2791,7 +2851,7 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <h2>Conclusion</h2> <p>Should you be pedantic about open-source software? It depends. It depends on your fundamental values and how much time you are ready to invest. Open-source software is not just free as in money, but also free as in freedom. You will gain back complete control of your personal data. Unfortunately, installing ready proprietary apps from the Play Store is much more convenient than building up a trustworthy open-source-based infrastructure by yourself. As a guideline, use proprietary software and services with caution. Be mindful about your choices and where you leave your digital fingerprints. In doubt, think less is more. Do you really need this new shiny app? What benefit does it provide to you? Probably you don't really need that shiny new app.</p> <p>You have better chances when you know how to manage your own server and install and manage alternatives to the big cloud providers by yourself. I have the advantage that I have work experience as a Linux Systems Administrator here. I mentioned NextCloud already. I use NextCloud for online photo and file storage, contact and calendar sync and as an RSS news feed server. You could do the same with your own E-Mail server, you can also host your own website and blog. I also mentioned Matrix as a Skype alternative (which could also be an alternative to WhatsApp, Skype, Telegram, Viber, ...). I don't know a lot about Matrix yet, but it seems to be a very neat alternative. I am ready to invest time in it as one of my future personal pet projects. Not only because I think it's better, but also because for fun and as a hobby. But this doesn't mean that I invest *all* of my personal free time in it.</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2807,7 +2867,11 @@ bash: line 1: 1/10.0 : syntax error: invalid arithmetic operator (error token is <summary>When I was a Linux System Administrator, I have been programming in Perl for years. I still maintain some personal Perl programming projects (e.g. Xerl, guprecords, Loadbars). After switching jobs a couple of years ago (becoming a Site Reliability Engineer), I found Ruby (and some Python) widely used there. As I wanted to do something new, I then decided to give Ruby a go for all medium-sized programming and scripting projects.. .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>The Well-Grounded Rubyist</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 12360 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 12357 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-07-04-the-well-grounded-rubyist.gmi +<h1>The Well-Grounded Rubyist</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-07-04</i></p> <p>When I was a Linux System Administrator, I have been programming in Perl for years. I still maintain some personal Perl programming projects (e.g. Xerl, guprecords, Loadbars). After switching jobs a couple of years ago (becoming a Site Reliability Engineer), I found Ruby (and some Python) widely used there. As I wanted to do something new, I decided to give Ruby a go.</p> <p>You should learn or try out one new programming language once yearly anyway. If you end up not using the new language, that's not a problem. You will learn new techniques with each new programming language and this also helps you to improve your overall programming skills even for other languages. Also, having some background in a similar programming language makes it reasonably easy to get started. Besides that, learning a new programming language is kick-a** fun!</p> @@ -2872,7 +2936,7 @@ Hello World <p>I liked this book so much so that I even bought myself a (used) paper copy of it. To my delight, there was also a free eBook version in ePub format included, which I now have on my Kobo Forma eBook reader. :-)</p> <h2>Perl</h2> <p>Will I abandon my beloved Perl? Probably not. There are also some Perl scripts I use at work. But unfortunately I only have a limited amount of time and I have to use it wisely. I might look into Raku (formerly known as Perl 6) next year and use it for a personal pet project, who knows. :-). I also highly recommend reading the two Perl books "Modern Perl" and "Higher-Order Perl".</p> -<p>E-Mail me your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> +<p>E-Mail your comments to paul at buetow dot org! :-)</p> </div> </content> </entry> @@ -2888,7 +2952,11 @@ Hello World <summary>You might have read my previous blog post about entering the Geminispace, where I pointed out the benefits of having and maintaining an internet presence there. This whole site (the blog and all other pages) is composed in the Gemtext markup language. . .....to read on please visit my site.</summary> <content type="xhtml"> <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> - <h1>Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all</h1> + 1c1 +< -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 10688 Sep 4 11:18 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi +--- +> -rw-r--r--. 1 paul paul 10685 Oct 12 10:15 ../foo.zone-content/gemtext/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.gmi +<h1>Gemtexter - One Bash script to rule it all</h1> <p class="quote"><i>Published by Paul at 2021-06-05</i></p> <pre> o .,<>., o @@ -3011,7 +3079,7 @@ assert::equals "$(generate::make_link md "$gemtext")" \ <h2>Conclusion</h2 |