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OS Apps: Motivate, LOLCAT, Sniffnet, Xearth, TTE

OS Apps: Motivate, LOLCAT, Sniffnet, Xearth, TTE

Published Aug 1, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

I had a few interesting apps and tools on the list to check out. A few of them, like lolcat, I heard mentioned on the Late Night Linux podcast which is one of my new favourite regular listens.

Backstage - I still don't like it

Backstage - I still don't like it

Published Jul 30, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

I really planned to try and find the love for Backstage - I did. Others clearly like it. I just cannot find a redeeming quality. Sure, when setup in IIS or Nginx manually by engineers, it does wo...

GCP Cloud DNS and Certificates

GCP Cloud DNS and Certificates

Published Jul 25, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

I know I cover a lot of Azure DNS (any post that covers tpk.pw). I also cover Route53 in AWS quite often (freshbrewed.science). However, as I look back, I realize I have yet to cover GCP CloudDNS.

Cluster Maintenance and Alerting

Cluster Maintenance and Alerting

Published Jul 23, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

July of 2024 and I’m dealing with a Paper Flight ticket checked against paper manifests; And I was one of the lucky few. Many people dealt with much more – including being stuck in Hub cities with...

Python Diagrams and Graphviz

Python Diagrams and Graphviz

Published Jul 18, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

Recently, a colleague of mine pointed out “Diagrams as Code” from diagrams.mingrammer.com. The examples on the main page looked a lot nicer than what I usually kick out with MermaidJS so I figure ...

OS Apps: SFTPGo and Filegator

OS Apps: SFTPGo and Filegator

Published Jul 16, 2024 by Isaac Johnson

I’ve been meaning to get back to some Open-Source apps that would allow me to remotely upload and download files. With an eye for simplicity, I decided I would look at SFTPGo and Filegator as both...

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