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			    Just needed to sell my soul to Jeff
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Reverse engineering a basic gym app
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    modern solutions to problems that don't exist
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Adding OCR support to the local translator
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    we have Google translate at home
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Using local translation models on Android
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    ...and losing my sanity along the way
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Making a client side IPVS-based load balancer
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    eBPF fun for the whole family
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Spawning VMs for unreasonable workloads
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Running VMs just because it's quick and easy
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Booting x86-64: from firmware to PID1
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    All I (now) know about booting x86-64
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            A skeptic's first contact with Kubernetes
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Key concepts & much deserved YAML ranting
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Learning about PCI-e: Implementing an option ROM
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Getting the PCI adapter all the way to Linux
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Learning about PCI-e: Driver & DMA
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Creating a simple driver for a simple PCI-e device (in QEMU)
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Learning about PCI-e: Emulating a custom device
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Creating a very simple PCI-e device in QEMU
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Investigating crashes on self-modifying code
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Replacing vDSO entries on more architectures with a bang
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Exploring HUB75
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Driving a HUB75 display from ESP32 and RP2040
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Homelab backup LTE connection
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Setting up a wireguard backup tunnel over LTE
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Minimizing Linux boot times
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Getting Linux to boot in 6ms
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Running a cross-architecture Nomad cluster
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Spicing up a robot vacuum
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Playing sound on a robot vacuum
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Writing a compiler & Lua runtime
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            "strict mode" Ansible
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Applying software-engineering practices to our IaC
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Rust's Default in Python
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Implementing recursive defaults for dataclasses with dacite
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Cursing a process' vDSO for time hacking
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Replacing time-related vDSO entries at runtime
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Pico8 performance
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Improving the performance of my RP2040 based Pico-8 handheld console
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Making a handheld Pico8 console
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Building a RP2040 based Pico-8 handheld console
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Measuring keyboard to display latency
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Building a GTK based mobile app
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Learning GTK to build a mobile hackernews app, with ad-blocker and reader mode
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Docker-based images on baremetal
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    The process behind creating multiple flash-able OS disk images from Dockerfiles and swapping between them on the host
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Building an MQTT client for the Kindle
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    The never-ending rabbit hole I found while trying to build a simple MQTT client for the kindle
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Cross compiling for OpenWRT platforms
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Reverse engineering the Bose QC35 bluetooth protocol
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Creating a golden CentOS image
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    How to create a flash-able CentOS disk image
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Flashing Linux disk images from an initramfs
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    What is involved in flashing a disk image over PXE, includes grub, kernel, initrd and disk expansion
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Revamping an old tv as a gift
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Putting a raspberry pi in a 60's CRT for a gift
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Bookworm - Utility to download books via IRC
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Developing a tool to download e-books
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            BSD inspired network setup
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    I replaced my home dnsmasq with nsd, unbound and dhcpd for a more reliable environment.
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Messing up backups
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Never try to restore backups when sleep deprived
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Simplifying the IOT framework's API
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    A small refactor in my IOT framework with the goal of simplifying the API
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Logging and remote debugging on the IOT house
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Extending the capabilities of dumb devices
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Hooking non-smart devices into the house automation framework
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Automated Debian install
                        
                    
		    
                    
			    Fully automated debian vm creation
		    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Integrating a Kindle into house automation
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Rewriting history on Firefox to get reddit's old UI back
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2018-11-18
                
                
                    
                        
                            OTA updates for the IOT house
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            IOT house with Sonoff and MicroPython
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Segregating my home network
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Monitoring my home network
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            3D printer woes
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Custom router with espressobin
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Hacking the HG659
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2018-03-10
                
                
                    
                        
                            GPU Passthrough in Debian
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2018-02-27
                
                
                    
                        
                            Debian stretch headless install
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Meta blogging
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2017-08-17
                
                
                    
                        
                            Good luck, I'm behind 4 reverse proxies
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2017-06-29
                
                
                    
                        
                            nginx, caching and X-Accel-Redirect
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Patching over Backblaze's B2 lack of CORS
                        
                    
		    
                    
                        2017-04-03
                
                
                    
                        
                            Backups, Backups, Backups
                        
                    
		    
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                            Migrating single disk to RAID1 on Debian