Falcon Perception: 600 Million Parameters That Embarrass Models 50 Times Their Size (and What That Means for the Rest of Us)
Falcon Perception: 600 Million Parameters That Embarrass Models 50 Times Their Size (and What That Means for the Rest of Us)
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Flatpak Deep Dive: Portal Architecture and the Bubblewrap Sandbox (Part 4)
Flatpak Deep Dive: Portal Architecture and the Bubblewrap Sandbox OSTree, User Namespaces, D-Bus Portals, and Why ~/.var/app Is So Large
Universal Packages vs Docker: When Does a Package Become a Container? (part 5)
Universal Packages vs Docker: When Does a Package Become a Container? Linux Namespaces, cgroups, OverlayFS, and the OCI Spec Explained
Build Your Own: Packaging Your App as AppImage, Snap, and Flatpak (part 6)
Build Your Own: Packaging Your App as AppImage, Snap, and Flatpak The Complete Developer Guide — From Zero to Shipped
Snap Deep Dive: Anatomy of Canonical’s Distribution System (part 3)
Snap Deep Dive: Anatomy of Canonical’s Distribution System The Full Picture — snapd, AppArmor, Seccomp, and the Machine It Built
AppImage Deep Dive: One File, No Illusions (part 2)
AppImage Deep Dive: One File, No Illusions The Complete Technical Picture
AppImage, Snap, and Flatpak — The Honest Review
I gave this talk at CIALUG on March 18, 2026. This is the long-form version — the full opinionated breakdown of all three universal Linux package formats, informed by years of using each of them, occasionally loving them, and at least twice nuking them from orbit.
Denner Family Christmas Letter-2025
December 19, 2025
More Than a Badge: Reflections on the True Meaning of Eagle Scout
A few days ago, I had the distinct honor of speaking at the Eagle Scout Court of Honor for a remarkable young man named Brandon. Congratulations to him and his family on this incredible achievement. Leading up to the ceremony, I spent a lot of time thinking about what the Eagle Scout award truly means. It’s easy to list the famous names or the impressive statistics, but I wanted to get to the…
Beyond the Standard Library: A Modern C++ Toolkit for Senior Engineers and Architects
The C++ landscape has undergone a profound transformation. With the advent of modern standards from C++11 to C++23, the language has evolved to favor expressiveness, safety, and performance. While the C++ Standard Library is more powerful than ever, the ecosystem of third-party libraries remains the cornerstone of productive, high-performance software development. For senior engineers, scientific…