cargo upgrade on Windows 🔗
I use Windows 11 as my main OS on my home PC, so I have to tweak some of my commands for that environment. The previously mentioned cargo upgrade is n [...]
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Self-signed certificates with mkcert 🔗
In a previous sticky I briefly put down how to get a quick'n'dirty self-signed TLS1 certificate, but also mentioned mkcert.dev, which makes it a bit b [...]
Sticky Notes: Self-signed Certificate 🔗
Sometimes I need a TLS1 certificate, for some local HTTPS or other services/protocols with some level of security to play nicely. Make sure you have o [...]
Sticky Notes: cargo upgrade 🔗
While cargo already has most common commands integrated, one I miss from cargo-edit is cargo upgrade. It's super convenient if you want to bump all de [...]
Capture The IP 🔗
Instead of following through with Advent of Code … again, my brain thought differently: why not implement ipv4.games in Rust? What is this game even? [...]
Halftime 🔗
The average life span of a human is around 80 years. Today marks my halftime. I have no freaking clue what to do with that second half. No plot twist [...]
Speedy Rust builds under WSL2 🔗
Developing on Windows & Linux? Using WSL2 but repos are on NTFS disk? Having slow build times? Then compile elsewhere! I have been using Windows 10 a [...]
Multi-arch container images for Docker and Kubernetes 🔗
You run clusters on Raspberry Pis and Intel NUCs? You love ARM, but also need to provide images for your PC friends? Fret no more, learn about manifes [...]
git's autocrlf=true considered harmful 🔗
To quote from a StackOverflow answer: »Never turn autocrlf on, it causes nothing but headaches and sorrows.«1 There's not much to add to that statemen [...]
Clean up unmerged branches on GitHub automatically 🔗
GitHub can automatically delete merged head branches of pull requests only.1 And I have a tiny GitHub Action for you to clean up the unmerged ones. I [...]
Tired 🔗
This year I managed to write at least one—hopefully interesting—article per month. Now it's August, and I'm tired. Not only physically, but also menta [...]
Rust Safety and Security 🔗
Lately I see people complaining about "the Rust community" to confuse memory safety with general safety and security. But do "they" really? I'm neith [...]
Meritocracy 🔗
I don't know who needs to hear that, but meritocracy is not a desirable goal. It is not fair, it creates inequality, and it is harmful to inclusion an [...]
Whiteboards 🔗
Something missing in my life is that huge blank canvas and a marker in my hand. And a team around it to draft ideas and be creative. A tiny love lette [...]
Self-Care 🔗
I don't think anyone should feel bad about leaving bad and toxic workplaces. While it is lovely if you care about the people you leave behind, do not [...]
[Tiny Bits] Windows shortcut key symbol ⊞ 🔗
After reading some documentation of some PowerToys utilities I noticed that Microsoft found a pretty neat trick to use a unicode character as symbol f [...]
Responsive TOC leader lines with CSS 🔗
Not long ago I replaced my homepage of an image based overview with a very slim Table Of Contents version. The trickiest part was to make that respons [...]
Using git with multiple profiles & GPG/SSH keys 🔗
I work across 2 computers and 3 OS, all with nearly same development setup. For work I need some special care for my git config, since I want/need acc [...]
Rust/Wasm on AWS Lambda@Edge 🔗
Ever felt limited by the languages on AWS Lambda@Edge? Wanted to run Rust for your CloudFront triggers, but re:Invent 2020 disappointed you in that ma [...]
Most Popular Language: Rust 🔗
Someone regularly reminds me of this fact. So that I do not forget, I write it down. Did you know that Rust is consistently voted the most popula [...]
Is Microsoft eating the Software World? 🔗
Usually the answer to such indicative title questions is No, but perhaps this time the answer is … Maybe yes? *) That is more a point for Google nowa [...]
Raspberry Pi 400 🔗
Raspberry Pi 400 was released, an (almost) all-in-one desktop computer kit. And the new package just reminded me of my first computer, the Amiga 500. [...]
Medium Icon SVG 🔗
Medium got a new logo. And vector graphics are kinda my thing. So I took a look at their icon's SVG source. It's pretty small, but you know, it can be [...]
How I wrote JavaScript to avoid JavaScript 🔗
Web technologies have come so far, that you realize: not everything needs to be done in JavaScript nowadays anymore. »Life is really simple, but we [...]
Faster git status under WSL2 🔗
With WSL2 filesystem performance degraded for the mount points of the Windows host. Here's a tip to speed up git status again. tl;dr: jump to the sol [...]
Rust 2021 🔗
Collecting my thoughts around what I would want from Rust in 2021. If you count the birthday of a programming language only after it hit its 1.0 (sta [...]
Beginnings 🔗
They say, change is painful. You must become vulnerable. I hate being vulnerable. And yet I have to expose myself to change something … I have a weir [...]
Notes: Nokogiri installation errors on macos 🔗
Quick answer: bundle config build.nokogiri --use-system-libraries && bundle install Every other year or so I want (or need) to install dependencies f [...]
Minimalism, Focus, Clean 🔗
Start with whatever you have, but don't stop reaching for something better. Why I love minimalistic and simplistic web designs. One: Nothing is forev [...]
TIL: rebeccapurple 🔗
While polishing my theme, I discovered Rebecca. I love it, when technology gets some human touch. I was just reading about the color data type in CSS [...]
Hitchhiker's Guide To Structured Data 🔗
A tiny journey to the building blocks of the semantic web and how they make our lives much easier. “There is a theory which states that if ever a [...]
Progressive Web App 🔗
This site is a Progressive Web App now, too. What does it mean and why are PWAs so cool? Main reason: it is about speed! Progressive Web Apps (PW [...]
From cobalt.rs to zola (née gutenberg) 🔗
I wish I could have the features of both tools, but for now I will use zola over cobalt. A tiny migration and feature comparison story. Note: "gutenb [...]
How to build a static site/blog 🔗
A comment on my previous post »Push, rinse, repeat …« made me think about that you might want to know how this blog is being built and deployed. This [...]
Push, rinse, repeat, … 🔗
I haven't bootstrapped a blog or static site for quite some time. With a service like netlify this becomes kind of a bearable task. And since this si [...]
Hello, code! 🔗
Nothing but initialization of yet another tech blog. This blog post has no deeper meaning. It exists for sole entertainment of systems, servers, buil [...]