Microblog

Recently, I had a lot of material to memorize. My first choice was the tried-and-true Anki, but I found imho a better solution—the Spaced Repetition plugin for Obsidian. I already use Obsidian for my daily notes, (...) Read more

In the ongoing quest for a frustration-free workflow (part 23513), combining Markdown, YAML, LaTeX, and tools like entr with Pandoc enables efficient document automation. Pandoc serves as an abstraction layer, converting content from Markdown and (...) Read more

Recently, I've been testing Pi-hole as a DNS filter on my Raspberry. It offers a user-friendly admin UI and core features like DHCP, MAC address reservation, and basic DNS server capabilities (supporting A and CNAME records). For more advanced DNS (...) Read more

To streamline note-taking in my Obsidian vault, I created a script to automate new Markdown file creation in the Daily Notes folder, with the current date and time, and assigned it a keyboard shortcut using Obsidian's URI. I prototyped the script (...) Read more

After a recent mini-course on ports and adapters architecture, I returned to the BetterSoftwareDesign podcast to revisit ideas and find fresh inspiration. Listening again feels like revisiting a favorite book—there’s always something new to uncove (...) Read more

Unbound is a lightweight, fast DNS server, ideal for both small and larger environments. It supports DNS-over-TLS and DNS-over-HTTPS, enhancing privacy by encrypting DNS queries. As a standalone resolver, Unbound eliminates the need for external D (...) Read more

Zabbix is a tool for IT infrastructure monitoring. It offers flexibility in both monitored environments and data collection methods. A key feature is the use of agents, allowing real-time monitoring of server performance, applications, and other r (...) Read more

I was looking for a tool to detect code duplication in line with the DRY principle. I found jscpd, which quickly analyzes the project for repetitions. Like cloc, it's easy to use and helps keep the code clean by eliminati (...) Read more

1. Open cmd.exe
2. Run the following command: reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve
3. Restart Explorer

Eleventy (11ty) is a lightweight static site generator (SSG) that, by using a web stack with Markdown (MD) or YAML files and Nunjucks template syntax, gives you full control over your code. It eliminates repetitive code with the use of macros, tem (...) Read more

CLOC is a terminal tool for counting lines of code. It handles many programming languages, comments, and empty lines. Perfect for fast analysis of projects! PS Alternative: find . -name "*.java" | xargs wc -l

A text-based tool for graph visualization (nodes, edges). Similar to PlantUML but more focused on structural graphs. Used for documenting dependencies in IT projects, such as distributed systems, computer networks, or module dependencies.

I have this table, but didn't know it could be used like that! The IKEA Lack isn't just a regular table. You can use it as a 19" server rack ;-)