Demo: Lima Virtual Machines on MacOS and Linux
This is a demo of how I use Lima for Docker and NixOS virtual machines on MacOS and Linux:
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My 2026 Linux (NixOS) gaming setup
I use Linux, specifically NixOS, for the majority of my gaming, so I wanted to compile a list of references for anyone interested in replicating my setup.
Tremendously Stupid: Age-Verification Laws for Operating Systems in the United States
As a US citizen, self-identifying Linux and privacy enthusiast, and a human being I am very against all the proposed legislation in California and Colorado to enforce age verification on the operating system level. I wanted to share my perspective on the legislation as a contributor to NixOS.
Demo: Task and GitHub Project Management on the Command-line
This is a demo of how I’m managing personal tasks and tech-related items with GitHub Issues.
iCloud as a Cross-Platform Source of Truth (CalDav, CardDav)
This is a summary of how to use iCloud for syncing contacts, calendars and reminders on non-Apple clients/platforms.
Aerc, Protonmail Bridge and Catch-all Addresses
This is how I configured Aerc, my email client, to work with Protonmail Bridge after I setup my custom domain with a catch-all address:
K3s + Intel Arc A770 GPU passthru on NixOS
This is mostly a reposting of my PR to nixpkgs: k3s: add intel gpu docs
Introduction to Ansible (using Docker)
This is a reposting of a meeting from the Unix User Group I help run
Lightweight security stack (SIEM, vulnerabilities, logging) for homelab
As someone with a career orbiting around security, I deeply enjoy finding effective security tools that are minimal. This post will serve as a index of what I’m doing for security monitoring at home at the time of writing. These tools are mostly all running in Kubernetes.
Disabling laptop fingerprint reader when clamshell on Linux
This post will briefly outline my fix for Fprint trying to use the built-in fingerprint reader when the laptop lid is closed.