# one month (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 6 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover one month. Page: Feed: --- ## [Repeating Ourselves Less with M4](https://nemin.hu/httpd-macros/index.html) _2026-08-17 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. An extremely fast primer on Macros 2. Enter m4 3. Shortening httpd.conf 4. The final config file 5. Should you do this? In my previous post about migrating my websites over to an OpenBSD VPS I lamented the fact that I had to repeat identical blocks of code quite a few times to achieve blocking of malicious routes. However, while httpd indeed doesn't come with any built-in… ## [Migrating from Codeberg Pages to an OpenBSD VPS](https://nemin.hu/vps/index.html) _2026-08-14 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Background 2. Picking my provider 3. German bureaucracy 4. Setting up my VPS 4.1. SSH config 4.2. Upgrading OpenBSD to 8.0-beta 4.3. Firewall 4.4. TLS certificates 4.5. Web server 4.5.1. Be careful with MIMEs 5. Findings; or, Bots Love Your Obscure Content! 6. Conclusion In this post I'd like to explain the "how"-s and "why"-s of moving from forge-based static site hosting to… ## [On Social Media and Leaving Mastodon](http://nezutero.dev/on-social-media-and-leaving-mastodon/) _2026-07-29 · home on nezutero_ This is my sixth attempt at using Mastodon, and I think it will be my last. I’ve had this account for one month and one day, and I’ve decided to delete it: not because of anything specific to Mastodon, but because I’ve concluded that I’m fundamentally incompatible with social media as a category. Let me start with what actually worked. The Mastodon community is genuinely… ## [Goodbye Microslop: Finally Moved to Codeberg](http://nezutero.dev/goodbye-microslop-finally-moved-to-codeberg/) _2026-07-26 · home on nezutero_ A while ago I realized I was after something important to my soul. I had internal conflicts because even though I was kind of living according to my values in terms of being thoughtful about the software I use, I don’t want to use products of evil corporations such as Microslop – that goes against the things I want to nurture in myself, thus in others, and consequently in this… ## [Almost Went Back: One Month on NixOS](http://nezutero.dev/almost-went-back-one-month-on-nixos/) _2026-07-21 · home on nezutero_ This is Part 2 of my Linux Odyssey series. Part 1 covers my path from Ubuntu through Arch Linux and why I decided to try NixOS in the first place. If you haven’t read it, start there. The Breaking Point About a week after I published my first post, I had a crisis of confidence. I had been using NixOS for roughly four weeks at that point, and I was deep in it: learning about flakes,… ## [LLM Statement](http://nezutero.dev/llm-statement/) _2026-07-01 · home on nezutero_ The following statement was originally written by Anna Liberty . It deeply resonates with who I am and who I want to be. I’m grateful I can use it to express my values. I do not use LLMs or other “Generative AI” for prose or code, nor do I accept it from others as open source contributions. I do not discuss my prose or code with LLMs. I do not consult LLMs for projects,… ## [My Linux Odyssey: How I Ended Up on NixOS](http://nezutero.dev/my-linux-odyssey-how-i-ended-up-on-nixos/) _2026-06-28 · home on nezutero_ Last updated: 21 July 2026 A personal account of distro-hopping, window managers, and eventually finding NixOS. Part 1: How It All Started I started using Linux about four years ago. My very first distribution was Fedora, followed by Ubuntu, which I used for about a month before switching back. The main reason I left Ubuntu was its interface; I simply didn’t like it. But beneath that was a… ## [Solving CuneiForth](https://nemin.hu/cuneiforth/index.html) _2026-06-27 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. A word of warning 2. Extracting the specification 2.1. File format 2.2. Splitting the data 2.3. Writing the system data 2.4. Writing the image data 3. Interpreting the bytecode 3.1. Opcodes 3.2. Instructions 3.3. State of the machine 3.4. Execution 3.5. Loading the system image 3.6. Getting the framebuffer 4. Driving our VM 4.1. OpenGL housekeeping 4.2. Implementing the… ## [One Month on Solar](https://nemin.hu/solar-update/index.html) _2026-06-04 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Reorienting my panel until satisfaction 2. …I got another one 3. The bills 4. What could I have done differently? 5. Conclusion It's been about two months since I published my last post in which I described my background research and first experiences running my PC off solar power. Since then I've been iterating on my setup and received two power bills, and I figured these… ## [httpx2!](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/httpx2.html) _2026-05-13 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ Yesterday the Pydantic team started httpx2, another fork of httpx ## [Open directory of blogs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2sVw7p1Y4Xpl) _2026-05-13 · **Sponsored**_ Drop URLs or OPML — get per-blog pages plus machine-readable JSON, OPML, text ## [post treatment (six months)](https://braintumor.wtf/post-treatment-six-months/) _2026-05-08 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ belated, but here we are. i'm a couple months late on this one — my 6 month follow-up mri was actually in early march, but i'm only now getting around to writing it up. i'd like to think the delay is, on balance, a good sign : it means i've been busy living my life again. i started a new job at the beginning of the year, and i've been back to doing all the things i love — skiing, hiking, running,… ## [Talk at PyGrunn on httpxyz](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/pygrunn-httpxyz.html) _2026-05-03 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ I'm giving yet another talk on our new Python package httpxyz! ## [httpxyz one month in](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/httpxyz-one-month-in.html) _2026-04-27 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ One month after forking httpxyz, where we are now and where we're going ## [Talk at PyAmsterdam on httpxyz](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/pyamsterdam-httpxyz.html) _2026-04-21 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ I'm giving a lightning talk on our new Python package httpxyz! ## [Why I Don't Trust Telegram](http://nezutero.dev/why-i-dont-trust-telegram/) _2026-04-12 · home on nezutero_ Privacy My Telegram aversion started because of privacy concerns triggered by rumors and verified facts – like data being shared with governments while Telegram pretends to be the most secure and private messenger that will under no circumstances share anything with anyone. A messenger that claims to champion human rights and free speech, while simultaneously blocking opposition channels to… ## [Solar Power](https://nemin.hu/solar/index.html) _2026-04-11 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. The plan 2. Parts of a solar setup 3. My particular setup 3.1. Power station 3.2. Solar panel 3.3. Cabling 4. The initial results 4.1. Shortcomings of the RIVER 3 5. A hasty, but needed upgrade 5.1. Shortcomings of the Anker SOLIX 6. Conclusion I've been long fascinated by the concept of solar power. The idea of putting some weird blue plate in your garden or on your rooftop… ## [Why I forked httpx](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/httpxyz.html) _2026-03-25 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ I forked the python library httpx to httpxyz after over a year without a release of this popular package ## [Mathilda Hands: lost Lenovo X230 Laptop](http://wiki.hands.com/chezfil/entry/mathilda_lost_laptop/) _2026-03-15 · chezfil_ On our way to Austria last week, on March 6th, we left my daughter's laptop on a train: ICE 1201 (Hamburg-Harburg to Bludenz). The laptop is a Lenovo X230 notebook. The most obvious distinguishing feature is a Mathilda Hands sticker in the middle of the lid: I seem to remember that it also has some hexagonal stickers, one probably being one of these: The keyboard layout is British (with a £… ## [Be aware of your Locale](https://nemin.hu/locale/index.html) _2026-03-14 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. The problem 2. The solution I happened to have reinstalled my PC recently. While I have set things up to pretty much out of the box, I have left one glaring omission which came back to haunt me (for a single afternoon or two, after which I've devised and quickly deployed a fix). 1. The problem Note: This post will follow mostly the same path I took to investigate. Except a… ## [I got LASIK Surgery](https://nemin.hu/lasik/index.html) _2026-03-13 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. The issue that broke the camel's back 2. The breakthrough 3. Pre-op tests 4. The day of the operation 4.1. The moments before the operation 4.2. The operation 4.3. The moments after the operation 4.4. At home 5. The day after 5.1. Checkup 6. Day 3 7. Day 4 8. Day 5 and Conclusion I didn't exactly win the genetic lottery when it comes to vision. Both my parents wear thick… ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/e9V5xCa0RUsa) _2026-03-13 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [Talk at Leiden Software Meetup on finger](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/finger.html) _2026-03-11 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ I'm giving a lightning talk on the finger protocol! ## [Guix System - One Month Later](https://nemin.hu/guix-one-month-later/index.html) _2026-03-02 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Community 1.1. IRC 1.2. Mailing lists 1.3. Subreddit 1.4. Fediverse 2. Packaging wows and woes 2.1. I really love the go-getter attitude of Guix 2.1.1. A side-note about speed 2.2. Debugging is an unpleasant experience 2.2.1. Missing parentheses 2.2.2. Non-existent variables 2.2.3. Circular dependencies 2.3. A cornucopia of styles 2.4. ChangeLog is confusing 3. System ups and… ## [65 lines of Markdown - a Claude Code sensation](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/65-lines-of-markdown-a-claude-code-sensation.html) _2026-02-12 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ AI hype trains ## [LLMs Are Taking the Joy Out of Our Lives](https://nemin.hu/llm/index.html) _2026-02-11 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Job 2. Hype-driven death march 3. Art-robbery 4. Post-truth society 5. We're burning our planet for… this? 6. I'm not fully innocent, but at least I care This website does not, will not, and has not willingly used AI for its creation. I write every word myself and rely on traditional methods to publish it to the internet. That means I correct my spelling using Hunspell in… ## [My issues with ProtonMail](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/protonmail-issues.html) _2026-02-05 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ Some issues I have with the mail service I would like to love ## [Adventures in Guix Packaging](https://nemin.hu/guix-packaging/index.html) _2026-02-01 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Baby steps 3. Enter WezTerm 3.1. A mediocre first attempt 3.2. A brief second attempt at packaging locally 4. Third time's the charm 4.1. Setting things up 4.2. Importing Cargo crates 4.3. Patching Cargo.toml 4.4. We have liftoff… Almost 4.5. GPU maladies 4.6. Finding fonts 4.7. It's Vulkan, not Vulkan't 4.8. A short aside: Committing is hard! 5. And yet, some… ## [Guix System First Impressions as a Nix User](https://nemin.hu/guix/index.html) _2026-01-26 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. My Journey to Guix System 2. Installer Impressions 3. I Can't Find my Way-land 4. Sympathy for the Devil 5. Goals 6. Results 6.1. The Good 6.2. The Ambiguous 6.3. The Bad 7. Overall 8. Notes 1. My Journey to Guix System Feel free to skip this section if you don't really care about backstories. I just figured it makes sense to recap how and why one might start having an… ## [Reinout van Rees on prefect.io](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/reinout-python-leiden-20260122.html) _2026-01-22 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ Summary of Python Leiden talk ## [JPEG XL Test Page](https://tildeweb.nl/~michiel/jxl.html) _2026-01-21 · Michiel W. Beijen · Michiel's Blog_ Test page that includes a JPEG XL image ## [Implementing Perlin Noise in TypeScript](https://nemin.hu/perlin/index.html) _2026-01-20 · Nemin · Nemin's Blog_ Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Basic outline 3. Implementation 3.1. Vector class 3.2. Interpolation function 3.3. Noise function 3.4. Main loop 1. Introduction Ever since I first started programming, I was always fascinated by noise functions. The idea that you can take a relatively simple algorithm and generate realistic-looking textures of clouds, fire, cloth, etc. is really cool. However,… ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/7lkVfDhb8ndm) _2026-01-20 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [post treatment (one month)](https://braintumor.wtf/post-treatment-one-month/) _2025-10-15 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ today is technically one month + two days post-treatment, and i have some excellent news to share. in a very unexpected development of events, my double vision has almost entirely gone away already . you may recall reading from my previous updates that any improvement in my double vision post-treatment would be (a) not guaranteed , and (b) taking place over a longer time period , likely 3-6 months… ## [post treatment (one week)](https://braintumor.wtf/post-treatment-one-week/) _2025-09-19 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ today marks one week since i completed gamma knife radiosurgery at ucsf . i've felt great this past week so there's not much to report, but i'll document any and all symptoms here for future reference to anyone undergoing gkrs and searching for more information on what to expect. i flew home from san francisco on saturday, one day after completing treatment. it felt amazing waking up that morning… ## [treatment](https://braintumor.wtf/treatment/) _2025-09-08 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ four months after the onset of my double vision caused by a meningioma pressing against my 6th cranial nerve, i'm finally getting treatment this week: five fractionated doses of gamma knife every day from Monday to Friday. i'll update this post after my treatment each day to document the process and any symptoms or side effects i might feel throughout the week in real time. monday, september 8… ## [pre-treatment](https://braintumor.wtf/pre-treatment/) _2025-09-05 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ today i had an updated mri taken and a ct simulation (mask making session) completed in preparation for my five fractionated gamma knife radiosurgery sessions from M-F next week. mri the most recent mri i have of my meningioma was from almost 10 weeks ago on june 29, 2025 , so the radiation oncologist wanted an updated mri taken with more detailed imaging of the area surrounding my meningioma… ## [radiation](https://braintumor.wtf/radiation/) _2025-08-20 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ there are many different types of radiation used to treat various types of benign and malignant tumors. the "standard" or "original" type of radiation is photon-based radiation . nowadays, there's also proton-based radiation and stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) . the main difference between photon- and proton-based radiation is that photon beams target the tumor and pass through the other side,… ## [treatment plan](https://braintumor.wtf/treatment-plan/) _2025-08-20 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ i've been feeling much better since making a decision about how i want to treat my brain tumor, and now i have a treatment plan in place . i'll be receiving five fractionated treatments of gamma knife (GK) radiosurgery at ucsf from september 8-12, 2025 . ( what does this mean? ) GK offers highly targeted dose administration so that the radiation targets the entire tumor, but ensures a very rapid… ## [diet and lifestyle](https://braintumor.wtf/diet-and-lifestyle/) _2025-08-08 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ to be clear: changing your diet or lifestyle isn’t going to shrink your tumor , and it’s definitely not a cure. but for me, it’s been part of how I’ve approached healing — physically, mentally, and emotionally. i’ve also been interested in what I can do (if anything) to reduce the chances of my tumor growing or coming back after treatment . this post isn’t meant to be advice or medical guidance.… ## [remote second opinions](https://braintumor.wtf/remote-second-opinions/) _2025-08-07 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ meningiomas are the most common type of noncancerous brain tumor and can vary greatly in size, location, and treatment plan. if you happen to have a more complex case , you might want to seek second, third, and even fourth opinions from top neurosurgeons around the U.S. in my case, i consulted with seven neurosurgeons and two radiation oncologists before making a final decision on my treatment… ## [decision](https://braintumor.wtf/decision/) _2025-07-30 · brainstorming · braintumor.wtf_ one month after receiving my diagnosis, i've finally made a decision about what to do with my meningioma(!!) the limbo period of trying to determine the best course of action for myself while receiving and digesting conflicting opinions from experts was one of the most stressful periods. i felt like i was stuck on a rollercoaster ride i never wanted to be on, and there was no way off until a…