The Best Prank JavaScript Ever Pulled On Me
A short story about the time when software catches you by surprise, and doing silly things in the most unexpected way.
Read more... 2025-01-31 444 words 3 min technologyDoes GitHub Copilot Improve Code Quality? Here's How We Lie With Statistics
A friend shared with me an article on GitHub’s official blog boasting a “scientifically significant” study on GitHub Copilot’s effectiveness. I read it out of curiosity, but it rubbed me the wrong way. So, here’s a rant about it.
Read more... 2024-11-20 2492 words 12 min technologyThe Unnecessarily Complicated (But Delightfully Convenient) Way I Edit My Nixfiles
As I was messing about in my NixOS VM, tweaking my little flake experiment, I found myself wondering how I can improve my development experience. What started as a “Could I?”, turned into “Should I?”, and finally settled on “Eh, Why Not?”.
Read more... 2024-11-19 1353 words 7 min technologyInstalling NixOS with Flakes and LVM on LUKS
Do you want to set up your machine with NixOS? Are you fond of using full-disk encryption as well? Do you want to be spoon-fed best practices first and learn from them later? Then this is the guide for you!
Read more... 2024-08-16 2252 words 11 min technologyThe Future Is Self-Hosted
What started as a nerdy interest turned into a hobby now seems like a necessity. I firmly believe that everyone interested and capable, or willing to learn, should set up a home lab. Here’s why…
Read more... 2024-06-05 1111 words 6 min technologyPlease Stop Updating Yourself
Self-updating software is sometimes viewed as a feature, but to me, it’s just annoying. A rant about this practice and a plea to stop this trend.
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