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diff --git a/about/resources.md b/about/resources.md index f8fe56ea..18b46173 100644 --- a/about/resources.md +++ b/about/resources.md @@ -35,105 +35,105 @@ You won't find any links on this site because, over time, the links will break. In random order: +* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly +* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible +* 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications +* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly * Ultimate Go Notebook; Bill Kennedy -* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly -* Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly -* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress -* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press * The KCNA (Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate) Book; Nigel Poulton -* Leanring eBPF; Liz Rice; O'Reilly -* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional -* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly -* Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson -* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications -* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly -* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress +* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly +* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress +* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook * Funktionale Programmierung; Peter Pepper; Springer -* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing -* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* Concurrency in Go; Katherine Cox-Buday; O'Reilly * Higher Order Perl; Mark Dominus; Morgan Kaufmann -* 100 Go Mistakes and How to Avoid Them; Teiva Harsanyi; Manning Publications -* The DevOps Handbook; Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, John Willis; Audible -* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; -* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders +* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress * Site Reliability Engineering; How Google runs production systems; O'Reilly -* The Kubernetes Book; Nigel Poulton; Unabridged Audiobook -* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press -* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers -* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf -* Go Brain Teasers - Exercise Your Mind; Miki Tebeka; The Pragmatic Programmers -* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly -* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner +* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible +* Systems Performance Tuning; Gian-Paolo D. Musumeci and others...; O'Reilly * Clusterbau mit Linux-HA; Michael Schwartzkopff; O'Reilly -* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School -* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly -* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press -* Think Raku (aka Think Perl 6); Laurent Rosenfeld, Allen B. Downey; O'Reilly -* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt -* Pro Puppet; James Turnbull, Jeffrey McCune; Apress -* The Practise of System and Network Administration; Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christina J. Hogan, Strata R. Chalup; Addison-Wesley Professional Pro Git; Scott Chacon, Ben Straub; Apress -* Effective awk programming; Arnold Robbins; O'Reilly +* Java ist auch eine Insel; Christian Ullenboom; * The Docker Book; James Turnbull; Kindle * Systemprogrammierung in Go; Frank Müller; dpunkt -* Polished Ruby Programming; Jeremy Evans; Packt Publishing +* Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms; Andrew S. Tanenbaum; Pearson +* Effective Java; Joshua Bloch; Addison-Wesley Professional +* Programming Ruby 3.3 (5th Edition); Noel Rappin, with Dave Thomas; The Pragmatic Bookshelf +* Object-Oriented Programming with ANSI-C; Axel-Tobias Schreiner +* Modern Perl; Chromatic ; Onyx Neon Press +* Data Science at the Command Line; Jeroen Janssens; O'Reilly +* The Go Programming Language; Alan A. A. Donovan; Addison-Wesley Professional +* 97 things every SRE should know; Emil Stolarsky, Jaime Woo; O'Reilly * C++ Programming Language; Bjarne Stroustrup; -* DevOps And Site Reliability Engineering Handbook; Stephen Fleming; Audible +* Kubernetes Cookbook; Sameer Naik, Sébastien Goasguen, Jonathan Michaux; O'Reilly +* Terraform Cookbook; Mikael Krief; Packt Publishing +* Raku Fundamentals; Moritz Lenz; Apress +* Learn You a Haskell for Great Good!; Miran Lipovaca; No Starch Press +* Perl New Features; Joshua McAdams, brian d foy; Perl School * 21st Century C: C Tips from the New School; Ben Klemens; O'Reilly -* Raku Recipes; J.J. Merelo; Apress -* DNS and BIND; Cricket Liu; O'Reilly +* Learn You Some Erlang for Great Good; Fred Herbert; No Starch Press +* Hands-on Infrastructure Monitoring with Prometheus; Joel Bastos, Pedro Araujo; Packt +* Programming Perl aka "The Camel Book"; Tom Christiansen, brian d foy, Larry Wall & Jon Orwant; O'Reilly +* Developing Games in Java; David Brackeen and others...; New Riders +* The Pragmatic Programmer; David Thomas; Addison-Wesley +* Tmux 2: Productive Mouse-free Development; Brain P. Hogan; The Pragmatic Programmers +* Amazon Web Services in Action; Michael Wittig and Andreas Wittig; Manning Publications ## Technical references I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order: -* Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt * BPF Performance Tools - Linux System and Application Observability, Brendan Gregg; Addison Wesley +* Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly +* Go: Design Patterns for Real-World Projects; Mat Ryer; Packt * Groovy Kurz & Gut; Joerg Staudemeier; O'Reilly -* Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly * Algorithms; Robert Sedgewick, Kevin Wayne; Addison Wesley -* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press * Relayd and Httpd Mastery; Michael W Lucas -* Implementing Service Level Objectives; Alex Hidalgo; O'Reilly +* Understanding the Linux Kernel; Daniel P. Bovet, Marco Cesati; O'Reilly +* The Linux Programming Interface; Michael Kerrisk; No Starch Press ## Self-development and soft-skills books In random order: -* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK * Getting Things Done; David Allen +* The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People; Stephen R. Covey; Simon & Schuster UK +* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus +* Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly * Buddah and Einstein walk into a Bar; Guy Joseph Ale, Claire Bloom; Blackstone Publishing +* The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) +* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite +* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press +* The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd * Digital Minimalism; Cal Newport; Portofolio Penguin -* Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion -* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House -* Time Management for System Administrators; Thomas A. Limoncelli; O'Reilly -* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne -* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook -* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University -* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books -* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate -* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers +* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications +* Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook * Eat That Frog; Brian Tracy * Ultralearning; Anna Laurent; Self-published via Amazon -* The Obstacle Is The Way; Ryan Holiday; Profile Books Ltd -* Consciousness: A Very Short Introduction; Susan Blackmore; Oxford Uiversity Press -* Soft Skills; John Sommez; Manning Publications +* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books +* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks +* Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley +* Stop starting, start finishing; Arne Roock; Lean-Kanban University +* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook * Meditation for Mortals, Oliver Burkeman, Audiobook -* So Good They Can't Ignore You; Cal Newport; Business Plus +* Coders at Work - Reflections on the craft of programming, Peter Seibel and Mitchell Dorian et al., Audiobook +* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge +* Psycho-Cybernetics; Maxwell Maltz; Perigee Books +* Slow Productivity; Cal Newport; Penguin Random House * The Phoenix Project - A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping your Business Win; Gene Kim and Kevin Behr; Trade Select * Ultralearning; Scott Young; Thorsons -* The Off Switch; Mark Cropley; Virgin Books (RE-READ 1ST TIME) -* Influence without Authority; A. Cohen, D. Bradford; Wiley +* Search Inside Yourself - The Unexpected path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace); Chade-Meng Tan, Daniel Goleman, Jon Kabat-Zinn; HarperOne * Solve for Happy; Mo Gawdat (RE-READ 1ST TIME) -* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus +* Who Moved My Cheese?; Dr. Spencer Johnson; Vermilion +* The Joy of Missing Out; Christina Crook; New Society Publishers * Never Split the Difference; Chris Voss, Tahl Raz; Random House Business -* Eat That Frog!; Brian Tracy; Hodder Paperbacks * 101 Essays that change the way you think; Brianna Wiest; Audiobook +* The Bullet Journal Method; Ryder Carroll; Fourth Estate +* Deep Work; Cal Newport; Piatkus * Atomic Habits; James Clear; Random House Business -* The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide; John Sonmez; Unabridged Audiobook -* The Good Enough Job; Simone Stolzoff; Ebury Edge -* Staff Engineer: Leadership beyond the management track; Will Larson; Audiobook -* The Daily Stoic; Ryan Holiday, Stephen Hanselman; Profile Books -* The Power of Now; Eckhard Tolle; Yellow Kite [Here are notes of mine for some of the books](../notes/index.md) @@ -141,22 +141,22 @@ In random order: Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order: -* The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online -* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online -* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon -* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training -* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online -* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online -* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) * Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs; Harold Abelson and more...; -* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training +* The Well-Grounded Rubyist Video Edition; David. A. Black; O'Reilly Online +* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen * AWS Immersion Day; Amazon; 1-day interactive online training -* F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc. * Developing IaC with Terraform (with Live Lessons); O'Reilly Online +* Protocol buffers; O'Reilly Online +* Red Hat Certified System Administrator; Course + certification (Although I had the option, I decided not to take the next course as it is more effective to self learn what I need) * Apache Tomcat Best Practises; 3-day on-site training +* Linux Security and Isolation APIs Training; Michael Kerrisk; 3-day on-site training +* Cloud Operations on AWS - Learn how to configure, deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your AWS environments; 3-day online live training with labs; Amazon +* Scripting Vim; Damian Conway; O'Reilly Online +* MySQL Deep Dive Workshop; 2-day on-site training +* Ultimate Go Programming; Bill Kennedy; O'Reilly Online * Algorithms Video Lectures; Robert Sedgewick; O'Reilly Online * The Ultimate Kubernetes Bootcamp; School of Devops; O'Reilly Online -* Functional programming lecture; Remote University of Hagen +* F5 Loadbalancers Training; 2-day on-site training; F5, Inc. ## Technical guides @@ -172,57 +172,57 @@ These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very use In random order: -* The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast +* Pratical AI * Modern Mentor +* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) * Hidden Brain -* The Changelog Podcast(s) -* Dev Interrupted * Cup o' Go [Golang] -* BSD Now [BSD] -* Fallthrough [Golang] * Deep Questions with Cal Newport +* The Changelog Podcast(s) +* BSD Now [BSD] +* Dev Interrupted +* The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast * Backend Banter -* The ProdCast (Google SRE Podcast) -* Pratical AI -* Maintainable +* Fallthrough [Golang] * Fork Around And Find Out +* Maintainable ### Podcasts I liked I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests. -* Java Pub House -* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] * Modern Mentor -* FLOSS weekly +* Java Pub House * Ship It (predecessor of Fork Around And Find Out) * Go Time (predecessor of fallthrough) +* CRE: Chaosradio Express [german] +* FLOSS weekly ## Newsletters I like This is a mix of tech and non-tech newsletters I am subscribed to. In random order: -* Ruby Weekly * Golang Weekly +* The Valuable Dev +* Applied Go Weekly Newsletter +* The Pragmatic Engineer +* Ruby Weekly * Register Spill +* Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) * VK Newsletter +* byteSizeGo * Monospace Mentor -* The Valuable Dev * The Imperfectionist -* Applied Go Weekly Newsletter * Changelog News -* byteSizeGo -* The Pragmatic Engineer -* Andreas Brandhorst Newsletter (Sci-Fi author) ## Magazines I like(d) This is a mix of tech I like(d). I may not be a current subscriber, but now and then, I buy an issue. In random order: * Linux User +* Linux Magazine * freeX (not published anymore) * LWN (online only) -* Linux Magazine # Formal education diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md b/gemfeed/2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md index 8badb762..e71adedf 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md +++ b/gemfeed/2024-05-03-projects-i-currently-dont-have-time-for.md @@ -217,6 +217,225 @@ I am abandoning this project because my workplace has stopped the annual pet pro I value privacy. It would be great to run my own Matrix server for communication within my family. I have yet to have time to look into this more closely. +# Projects I currently don't have time for + +> Published at 2024-05-03T16:23:03+03:00 + +Over the years, I have collected many ideas for my personal projects and noted them down. I am currently in the process of cleaning up all my notes and reviewing those ideas. I don’t have time for the ones listed here and won’t have any soon due to other commitments and personal projects. So, in order to "get rid of them" from my notes folder, I decided to simply put them in this blog post so that those ideas don't get lost. Maybe I will pick up one or another idea someday in the future, but for now, they are all put on ice in favor of other personal projects or family time. + +``` +Art by Laura Brown + +.'`~~~~~~~~~~~`'. +( .'11 12 1'. ) +| :10 \ 2: | +| :9 @-> 3: | +| :8 4; | +'. '..7 6 5..' .' + ~-------------~ ldb + +``` + +## Table of Contents + +* [⇢ Projects I currently don't have time for](#projects-i-currently-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ Hardware projects I don't have time for](#hardware-projects-i-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ I use Arch, btw!](#i-use-arch-btw) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ OpenBSD home router](#openbsd-home-router) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Pi-Hole server](#pi-hole-server) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Infodash](#infodash) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Reading station](#reading-station) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Retro station](#retro-station) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Sound server](#sound-server) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Project Freekat](#project-freekat) +* [⇢ ⇢ Programming projects I don't have time for](#programming-projects-i-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ CLI-HIVE](#cli-hive) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Enhanced KISS home photo albums](#enhanced-kiss-home-photo-albums) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ KISS file sync server with end-to-end encryption](#kiss-file-sync-server-with-end-to-end-encryption) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ A language that compiles to `bash`](#a-language-that-compiles-to-bash) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ A language that compiles to `sed`](#a-language-that-compiles-to-sed) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Renovate VS-Sim](#renovate-vs-sim) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ KISS ticketing system](#kiss-ticketing-system) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ A domain-specific language (DSL) for work](#a-domain-specific-language-dsl-for-work) +* [⇢ ⇢ Self-hosting projects I don't have time for](#self-hosting-projects-i-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ My own Matrix server](#my-own-matrix-server) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Ampache music server](#ampache-music-server) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Librum eBook reader](#librum-ebook-reader) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Memos - Note-taking service](#memos---note-taking-service) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Bepasty server](#bepasty-server) +* [⇢ ⇢ Books I don't have time to read](#books-i-don-t-have-time-to-read) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Fluent Python](#fluent-python) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Programming Ruby](#programming-ruby) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Peter F. Hamilton science fiction books](#peter-f-hamilton-science-fiction-books) +* [⇢ ⇢ New websites I don't have time for](#new-websites-i-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Create a "Why Raku Rox" site](#create-a-why-raku-rox-site) +* [⇢ ⇢ Research projects I don't have time for](#research-projects-i-don-t-have-time-for) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Project secure](#project-secure) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ CPU utilisation is all wrong](#cpu-utilisation-is-all-wrong) + +## Hardware projects I don't have time for + +### I use Arch, btw! + +The idea was to build the ultimate Arch Linux setup on an old ThinkPad X200 booting with the open-source LibreBoot firmware, complete with a tiling window manager, dmenu, and all the elite tools. This is mainly for fun, as I am pretty happy (and productive) with my Fedora Linux setup. I ran EndeavourOS (close enough to Arch) on an old ThinkPad for a while, but then I switched back to Fedora because the rolling releases were annoying (there were too many updates). + +### OpenBSD home router + +In my student days, I operated a 486DX PC with OpenBSD as my home DSL internet router. I bought the setup from my brother back then. The router's hostname was `fishbone`, and it performed very well until it became too slow for larger broadband bandwidth after a few years of use. + +I had the idea to revive this concept, implement `fishbone2`, and place it in front of my proprietary ISP router to add an extra layer of security and control in my home LAN. It would serve as the default gateway for all of my devices, including a Wi-Fi access point, would run a DNS server, Pi-hole proxy, VPN client, and DynDNS client. I would also implement high availability using OpenBSD's CARP protocol. + +[https://openbsdrouterguide.net](https://openbsdrouterguide.net) +[https://pi-hole.net/](https://pi-hole.net/) +[https://www.OpenBSD.org](https://www.OpenBSD.org) +[https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/pf/carp.html](https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/pf/carp.html) + +However, I am putting this on hold as I have opted for an OpenWRT-based solution, which was much quicker to set up and runs well enough. + +[https://OpenWRT.org/](https://OpenWRT.org/) + +### Pi-Hole server + +Install Pi-hole on one of my Pis or run it in a container on Freekat. For now, I am putting this on hold as the primary use for this would be ad-blocking, and I am avoiding surfing ad-heavy sites anyway. So there's no significant use for me personally at the moment. + +[https://pi-hole.net/](https://pi-hole.net/) + +### Infodash + +The idea was to implement my smart info screen using purely open-source software. It would display information such as the health status of my personal infrastructure, my current work tracker balance (I track how much I work to prevent overworking), and my sports balance (I track my workouts to stay within my quotas for general health). The information would be displayed on a small screen in my home office, on my Pine watch, or remotely from any terminal window. + +I don't have this, and I haven't missed having it, so I guess it would have been nice to have it but not provide any value other than the "fun of tinkering." + +### Reading station + +I wanted to create the most comfortable setup possible for reading digital notes, articles, and books. This would include a comfy armchair, a silent barebone PC or Raspberry Pi computer running either Linux or *BSD, and an e-Ink display mounted on a flexible arm/stand. There would also be a small table for my paper journal for occasional note-taking. There are a bunch of open-source software available for PDF and ePub reading. It would have been neat, but I am currently using the most straightforward solution: a Kobo Elipsa 2E, which I can use on my sofa. + +### Retro station + +I had an idea to build a computer infused with retro elements. It wouldn't use actual retro hardware but would look and feel like a retro machine. I would call this machine HAL or Retron. + +I would use an old ThinkPad laptop placed on a horizontal stand, running NetBSD, and attaching a keyboard from ModelFkeyboards. I use WindowMaker as a window manager and run terminal applications through Retro Term. For the monitor, I would use an older (black) EIZO model with large bezels. + +[https://www.NetBSD.org](https://www.NetBSD.org) +[https://www.modelfkeyboards.com](https://www.modelfkeyboards.com) +[https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term)](https://github.com/Swordfish90/cool-retro-term)) + +The computer would occasionally be used to surf the Gemini space, take notes, blog, or do light coding. However, I have abandoned the project for now because there isn't enough space in my apartment, as my daughter will have a room for herself. + +### Sound server + +My idea involved using a barebone mini PC running FreeBSD with the Navidrome sound server software. I could remotely connect to it from my phone, workstation/laptop to listen to my music collection. The storage would be based on ZFS with at least two drives for redundancy. The app would run in a Linux Docker container under FreeBSD via Bhyve. + +[https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome](https://github.com/navidrome/navidrome) +[https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve](https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve) + +### Project Freekat + +My idea involved purchasing the Meerkat mini PC from System76 and installing FreeBSD. Like the sound-server idea (see previous idea), it would run Linux Docker through Bhyve. I would self-host a bunch of applications on it: + +* Wallabag +* Ankidroid +* Miniflux & Postgres +* Audiobookshelf +* ... + +All of this would be within my LAN, but the services would also be accessible from the internet through either Wireguard or SSH reverse tunnels to one of my OpenBSD VMs, for example: + +* `wallabag.awesome.buetow.org` +* `ankidroid.awesome.buetow.org` +* `miniflux.awesome.buetow.org` +* `audiobookshelf.awesome.buetow.org` +* ... + +I am abandoning this project for now, as I am currently hosting my apps on AWS ECS Fargate under `*.cool.buetow.org`, which is "good enough" for the time being and also offers the benefit of learning to use AWS and Terraform, knowledge that can be applied at work. + +[My personal AWS setup](./2024-02-04-from-babylon5.buetow.org-to-.cloud.md) + +## Programming projects I don't have time for + +### CLI-HIVE + +This was a pet project idea that my brother and I had. The concept was to collect all shell history of all servers at work in a central place, apply ML/AI, and return suggestions for commands to type or allow a fuzzy search on all the commands in the history. The recommendations for the commands on a server could be context-based (e.g., past occurrences on the same server type). + +You could decide whether to share your command history with others so they would receive better suggestions depending on which server they are on, or you could keep all the history private and secure. The plan was to add hooks into zsh and bash shells so that all commands typed would be pushed to the central location for data mining. + +### Enhanced KISS home photo albums + +I don't use third-party cloud providers such as Google Photos to store/archive my photos. Instead, they are all on a ZFS volume on my home NAS, with regular offsite backups taken. Thus, my project would involve implementing the features I miss most or finding a solution simple enough to host on my LAN: + +* A feature I miss presents me with a random day from the past and some photos from that day. This project would randomly select a day and generate a photo album for me to view and reminisce about memories. +* Another feature I miss is the ability to automatically deduplicate all the photos, as I am sure there are tons of duplicates on my NAS. +* Auto-enhancing the photos (perhaps using ImageMagick?) +* I already have a simple `photoalbum.sh` script that generates an album based on an input directory. However, it would be great also to have a timeline feature to enable browsing through different dates. + +[KISS static web photo albums with `photoalbum.sh`](./2023-10-29-kiss-static-web-photo-albums-with-photoalbum.sh.md) + +### KISS file sync server with end-to-end encryption + +I aimed to have a simple server to which I could sync notes and other documents, ensuring that the data is fully end-to-end encrypted. This way, only the clients could decrypt the data, while an encrypted copy of all the data would be stored on the server side. There are a few solutions (e.g., NextCloud), but they are bloated or complex to set up. + +I currently use Syncthing for encrypted file sync across all my devices; however, the data is not end-to-end encrypted. It's a good-enough setup, though, as my Syncthing server is in my home LAN on an encrypted file system. + +[https://syncthing.net](https://syncthing.net) + +I also had the idea of using this as a pet project for work and naming it `Cryptolake`, utilizing post-quantum-safe encryption algorithms and a distributed data store. + +### A language that compiles to `bash` + +I had an idea to implement a higher-level language with strong typing that could be compiled into native Bash code. This would make all resulting Bash scripts more robust and secure by default. The project would involve developing a parser, lexer, and a Bash code generator. I planned to implement this in Go. + +I had previously implemented a tiny scripting language called Fype (For Your Program Execution), which could have served as inspiration. + +[The Fype Programming Language](./2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.md) + +### A language that compiles to `sed` + +This is similar to the previous idea, but the difference is that the language would compile into a sed script. Sed has many features, but the brief syntax makes scripts challenging to read. The higher-level language would mimic sed but in a form that is easier for humans to read. + +### Renovate VS-Sim + +VS-Sim is an open-source simulator programmed in Java for distributed systems. VS-Sim stands for "Verteilte Systeme Simulator," the German translation for "Distributed Systems Simulator." The VS-Sim project was my diploma thesis at Aachen University of Applied Sciences. + +[https://codeberg.org/snonux/vs-sim](https://codeberg.org/snonux/vs-sim) + +The ideas I had was: + +* Translate the project into English. +* Modernise the Java codebase to be compatible with the latest JDK. +* Make it compile to native binaries using GraalVM. +* Distribute the project using AppImages. + +I have put this project on hold for now, as I want to do more things in Go and fewer in Java in my personal time. + +### KISS ticketing system + +My idea was to program a KISS (Keep It Simple, Stupid) ticketing system for my personal use. However, I am abandoning this project because I now use the excellent Taskwarrior software. You can learn more about it at: + +[https://taskwarrior.org/](https://taskwarrior.org/) + +### A domain-specific language (DSL) for work + +At work, an internal service allocates storage space for our customers on our storage clusters. It automates many tasks, but many tweaks are accessible through APIs. I had the idea to implement a Ruby-based DSL that would make using all those APIs for ad-hoc changes effortless, e.g.: + +```ruby +Cluster :UK, :uk01 do + Customer.C1A1.segments.volumes.each do |volume| + puts volume.usage_stats + volume.move_off! if volume.over_subscribed? + end +end +``` + +I am abandoning this project because my workplace has stopped the annual pet project competition, and I have other more important projects to work on at the moment. + +[Creative universe (Work pet project contests)](./2022-04-10-creative-universe.md) + +## Self-hosting projects I don't have time for + +### My own Matrix server + +I value privacy. It would be great to run my own Matrix server for communication within my family. I have yet to have time to look into this more closely. + [https://matrix.org](https://matrix.org) ### Ampache music server diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md b/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md index 13cb0faf..9d2b5aee 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md +++ b/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Every so often, I come across random, weird, and unexpected things on the intern [2024-07-05 Random Weird Things - Part Ⅰ (You are currently reading this)](./2024-07-05-random-weird-things.md) [2025-02-08 Random Weird Things - Part Ⅱ](./2025-02-08-random-weird-things-ii.md) +[2025-08-15 Random Weird Things - Part Ⅲ](./2025-08-15-random-weird-things-iii.md) ``` /\_/\ diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md index 1cc803ed..afd68911 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md +++ b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md @@ -224,6 +224,232 @@ NewRec 0 days, 00:07:33 | since Mon Dec 2 12:21:44 2024 ``` This is how I track the uptimes for all of my host: +# f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation + +> Published at 2024-12-02T23:48:21+02:00 + +This is the second blog post about my f3s series for my self-hosting demands in my home lab. f3s? The "f" stands for FreeBSD, and the "3s" stands for k3s, the Kubernetes distribution I will use on FreeBSD-based physical machines. + +We set the stage last time; this time, we will set up the hardware for this project. + +These are all the posts so far: + +[2024-11-17 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 1: Setting the stage](./2024-11-17-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1.md) +[2024-12-03 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation (You are currently reading this)](./2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.md) +[2025-02-01 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 3: Protecting from power cuts](./2025-02-01-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-3.md) +[2025-04-05 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 4: Rocky Linux Bhyve VMs](./2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.md) +[2025-05-11 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 5: WireGuard mesh network](./2025-05-11-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-5.md) +[2025-07-14 f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 6: Storage](./2025-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.md) + +[](./f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-1/f3slogo.png) + +> ChatGPT generated logo.. + +Let's continue... + +## Table of Contents + +* [⇢ f3s: Kubernetes with FreeBSD - Part 2: Hardware and base installation](#f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd---part-2-hardware-and-base-installation) +* [⇢ Deciding on the hardware](#deciding-on-the-hardware) +* [⇢ ⇢ Not ARM but Intel N100 ](#not-arm-but-intel-n100-) +* [⇢ ⇢ Beelink unboxing](#beelink-unboxing) +* [⇢ ⇢ Network switch](#network-switch) +* [⇢ Installing FreeBSD](#installing-freebsd) +* [⇢ ⇢ Base install](#base-install) +* [⇢ ⇢ Latest patch level and customizing `/etc/hosts`](#latest-patch-level-and-customizing-etchosts) +* [⇢ ⇢ After install](#after-install) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Helix editor](#helix-editor) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ `doas`](#doas) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Periodic ZFS snapshotting](#periodic-zfs-snapshotting) +* [⇢ ⇢ ⇢ Uptime tracking](#uptime-tracking) +* [⇢ Hardware check](#hardware-check) +* [⇢ ⇢ Ethernet](#ethernet) +* [⇢ ⇢ RAM](#ram) +* [⇢ ⇢ CPUs](#cpus) +* [⇢ ⇢ CPU throttling](#cpu-throttling) +* [⇢ Conclusion](#conclusion) + +# Deciding on the hardware + +Note that the OpenBSD VMs included in the f3s setup (which will be used later in this blog series for internet ingress - as you know from the first part of this blog series) are already there. These are virtual machines that I rent at OpenBSD Amsterdam and Hetzner. + +[https://openbsd.amsterdam](https://openbsd.amsterdam) +[https://hetzner.cloud](https://hetzner.cloud) + +This means that the FreeBSD boxes need to be covered, which will later be running k3s in Linux VMs via bhyve hypervisor. + +I've been considering whether to use Raspberry Pis or look for alternatives. It turns out that complete N100-based mini-computers aren't much more expensive than Raspberry Pi 5s, and they don't require assembly. Furthermore, I like that they are AMD64 and not ARM-based, which increases compatibility with some applications (e.g., I might want to virtualize Windows (via bhyve) on one of those, though that's out of scope for this blog series). + +## Not ARM but Intel N100 + +I needed something compact, efficient, and capable enough to handle the demands of a small-scale Kubernetes cluster and preferably something |