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Baremetal vs. Proxmox vs. ESXi Performance Geekbench Scores

I have always wondered about the performance characteristics of virtualization. Despite the caveats in testing methodology, workloads, etc., it'd be nice to see what the performance penalty is for using Baremetal vs. Proxmox vs. ESXi . Googling for answers results in some ancient paper from like 2008. Asking LLMs

How to Build a Minimal ZFS NAS without Synology, QNAP, TrueNAS

If you need a basic NAS and don't care about GUI features, it is suprisingly simple to set up a ZFS dataset and share it over the network using Samba.

Chart of Accounts for Startups and SaaS Companies

Accounting is fundamental to starting a business. You need to have a basic understanding of accounting principles and essential bookkeeping. I had to learn it. There was no choice. For filing taxes, your CPA is going to ask you for an Income Statement (also known as P/L statement). If

Eternal Robustness

"Look, you can trust us. We can be depended upon. We are serious about our products and we take great care to provide you with excellence year after year. Your involvement with us will be predictable and stable."

Favorite Perfumes

A quick condensed list based on over 15 years of exploration in the world of perfumery. I didn't include obvious classics such as Polo Green and Aramis. If I were to pick 3 perfumes to wear for life, it would be: Hermes Bel Ami, Chanel Antaeus and Serge

How to install PostgreSQL in a custom directory

When you install postgresql using apt-get , it runs initdb and automatically creates a main cluster. Typically, the default data directory location is in /var/lib/postgresql/<version>/<cluster>/ . There are three ways to install PostgreSQL in a custom directory. Options 1 and 2 are not ideal.

Neofetch – Server Administration System

I ssh into a lot of machines. Dozens of times a day. I need a quick way to see the health of the system as soon as I log in and with zero friction. I am obliged to use the one and only tool: neofetch . Neofetch is a pillar of

Dear Spotify. Can we just get a table of songs?

Dear Spotify. I tried to search for podcasts on your Desktop app. I know you&apos;re into fancy cross-platform Electron framework. I&apos;ve come to terms with it. It&apos;s fine. It&apos;ll do. But, your understanding of interface design seems like it needs a bit

Dear JetBrains. Don't mess with your UI.

So we have yet a new UI overhaul. This time, bringing consumer-grade UI practices to the world of professionals. Announcement: https://blog.jetbrains.com/idea/2022/05/take-part-in-the-new-ui-preview-for-your-jetbrains-ide/ New Jet Brains interface We&apos;re professionals. We can handle the complexity and the density of the current UI. You made

Berkeley Mono Font Variant Popularity

Berkeley Mono Typeface Absolutely thrilled by the response after Hacker News launch of Berkeley Mono Typeface. I am truly humbled by the feedback, interest and people that have keen interest in typography. Berkeley Mono Font Variants Quick update on people asking what&apos;s the most popular variant. Seems like

Berkeley Mono February Update

Hey Gang! First of all, thank you to everyone that participated in the Beta program. Feedback is very much appreciated. Here is a quick update on the progress: Website - Berkeleygraphics.com It is already up: https://berkeleygraphics.com but does not have the Berkeley Mono pages yet. Stack is

Bell Labs Org Chart

I&apos;ve always been curious about the story of Bell Labs &#x2013; how it was formed, why it was successful, its challenges and struggles, innovation engine, people, its organizational structure, operations, and its legacy. The Idea Factory by Jon Gertner is an excellent albeit slightly inaccurate summary of what,

Teaching how to code is broken

Typically: Chapter 1: Types Chapter 2: Variables Chapter 3: Operators/Math Chapter 4: Control structures Chapter 5: Arrays Chapter 6: Functions Chapter 7: Structs Chapter 8: Classes and Objects Chapter 9: Methods Chapter 10: Inheritance and Polymorphism Chapter 11: Some advanced thing X Chapter 12: Some esoteric thing Y Chapter

ZFS RAIDZ2 - Achieving 157 GB/s

Update: See Note 5 below . 157 GB/s is a misleading bandwidth due to the way fio lib handles the --filename option. Actual bandwidth is approximately 22 GB/s, which is still mighty impressive. I built a new server that&apos;s also going to serve as a NAS. It

Berkeley Mono December Update

It&apos;s been a while since I had announced the release of Berkeley Mono. The more I examine it under scrutinous eyes, the more I find that there is more work to be done. At one point, I had the following masters going through the final tuning: Berkeley Mono