stuff I wrote...

Simplify Linux networking with systemd-networkd

No! Not another flipping network tool! If you’ve been using Linux for as long as I have, then first: you’re old. Old people tend to be resistant to change. It’s not because we get more conservative as we age (although I’ve heard that one before).

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Data-driven Terraform, with Hiera

Yay for Terraform Terraform is an great tool for managing infrastructure as code. Several factors make it easy to learn and use it: The documentation on Terraform’s provider registry is so easy to use that I reference it instead of the cloud provider documentation most…

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Upgrade my HiFi with an SBC + USB audio

My old HiFi… I assembled my hodge-podge HiFi over 20+ years. It was first put together back in the days of CD and DVD players. I eventually ended up with a NAS in the attic and a laptop for music and movies. This was sold…

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You think you know AWS S3?

My S3 study notes The information in this post was pulled together last year when I was studying for an AWS certification. I thought that my knowledge of S3 was really good, and figured that I could pretty much ignore it for the exam, and…

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