I run a handful of Ubuntu virtual machines in Proxmox. They host applications via Docker Compose, VPN service, NUT services, and a few other odds and ends around my home lab. Virtual machines I’ve created within the last year and a half or so are entirely under the control of OpenTofu (for creating the virtual […] The post How I…
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9 posts
17 Jul
28 Jun
I would bring my cats everywhere with me if I could, including to work. Since that’s not really an option, I decided to make them part of my Codex setup instead. I used codex-pets.net to turn my two tabby cats into a custom Codex Pet. To upload a Codex Pet, you need two files: pet.json […] The post I Turned…
26 Jun
My partner is a full-time artist, and a lot of that work comes from art commissions. And it isn’t a small amount of commissions either. There are some points where he takes up to 90 commissions at once. And for a long time, the whole operation ran on sticky notes. To me, the process was […] The post Automating an…
13 Jun
For the past four months, I have been volunteering with the Prison Creative Arts Project (PCAP) initiative as a facilitator running creative writing workshops inside Ann Arbor prisons. Coincidentally, here at Atomic Object, I am currently working on a team creating digital systems for the Michigan Court System. PCAP was a truly impactful experience, and […] The post The Numbers…
3 Jun
Smart home devices are usually sold on convenience. Control the lights from your phone. Turn down the thermostat from bed. Get a camera notification when someone walks up to the porch. Automate the boring stuff and feel like you are living slightly closer to the future. That future gets a lot less fun when the […] The post Your Smart…
17 May
As a software developer, you will need to become familiar with many tools and technologies as you work and grow in the field. This is not helped by the fact that it feels like new tools are being released every day, not to mention new feature updates added to tools you already know. The easiest […] The post Your Hobbies…
11 Apr
In previous posts, I have written about my Proxmox Backup client helper scripts and an Ansible role to provision them. The main limitation of the prior version of the scripts is that they could only specify one backup target file or directory. Now they can target multiple. Backup scripts improvements The primary new feature is […] The post Check Out…
4 Apr
If you’re commute-curious but haven’t pulled the trigger yet, I’ve been there. Most of what felt like obstacles to biking to work turned out to be either mental barriers or have simple solutions. Somewhere on the other side of figuring that out, I realized I was actually looking forward to it each morning. Here’s what […] The post Most of…
9 Mar
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I like many found myself with a lot of free time. So like many others, I deciding to spend way too much time on my computer. This led to ultimately running into frustration with the lack of a unified theme system. with MacOS, which not longer ran well the ancient 2013 […] The post Unified Theming…