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Serverless Thoughts #2

After hacking yesterday through a few issues with my AWS account (transferred a domain name from one AWS account to another, but didn’t remove …

Serverless Thoughts #1

I’m on holiday this week, and I wanted to use the time to really get to grips with serverless models of deployment.

My background is in Python …

Creating a new email user with `postfix` on Void

This is possibly specific to my own super-minimal postfix setup on Void, but to add a new email user:

$ sudo adduser someone
$ sudo passwd someone …

User services with `runit` on Void Linux

Void Linux uses the very miminalsit service management tool runit. The runsvdir program monitors a folder for service definitions, and then supervises …

Thinkpad X230/X220 keyboard swap

I recently replaced the keyboard in my Thinkpad X230 with the keyboard from and X220. There are a few reasons for this; while the chiclet keyboard on …

Bringing up KVM on Arch

It’s reasonably simple to bring up a new KVM system on Arch, assuming your hardware supports VT-x or AMD-V (and almost everything does).

First, …

TabNine on FreeBSD

I’m a big fan of TabNine, a machine-learning powered omni-completer for pretty much any language. It’s a hassle to run with FreeBSD, …

The simplest pulseaudio installation on Arch

I’ve previously ended up very confused by pulseaudio. Previously I’ve had over-complicated setups using a global daemon when really the …

Distributed compilation with distcc on Arch

Sometimes, when I’m working, I’ll prefer to sit on the couch with my laptop, which is a not-very-powerful i5/8GB Thinkpad. Sometimes I …

Syncing Gmail with mbsync

I’ve decided that I want to try to reduce my dependence on Google’s services. A large part of my Google footprint is Gmail, which I have …