# partition (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 5 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover partition. Page: Feed: --- ## [How to add Mermaid diagrams support to your Hugo site](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-add-mermaid-diagrams-support-to-your-hugo-site/) _2026-07-25 · Aitor Alonso_ Learn how to render Mermaid diagrams natively in your Hugo site with a codeblock render hook, loading the library only where needed and matching your theme. ## [My agentic software development workflow](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/my-agentic-software-development-workflow/) _2026-06-27 · Aitor Alonso_ How I achieved to ship code to production in the last two months without writing a single line of code by hand, with zero production incidents, zero rollbacks, and zero downtime. ## [How to manage technical debt without drowning in it](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-manage-technical-debt-without-drowning/) _2026-05-29 · Aitor Alonso_ A practical way to name, inventory, and pay back technical debt on purpose, so it stops being a vague complaint and starts being something your team controls. ## [How to monitor a remote NUT UPS server with a custom watchdog script](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-monitor-a-remote-nut-ups-server-with-a-custom-watchdog-script/) _2026-04-25 · Aitor Alonso_ Learn how to replace nut-monitor with a custom watchdog script to have more control on shutdown conditions. Useful for custom NUT servers as the one from Synology. ## [How to configure Bazzite as a headless streaming gaming PC to play remotely in your LAN](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-configure-bazzite-as-a-headless-streaming-gaming-pc/) _2026-03-28 · Aitor Alonso_ Learn how to configure your PC with Bazzite Linux as a headless streaming gaming PC to play remotely on any device in your LAN. ## [How to configure Pi-hole for local DNS resolution in your LAN](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-configure-pihole-for-local-dns-resolution-in-your-lan/) _2026-02-28 · Aitor Alonso_ Learn how to configure Pi-hole as a local DNS server so every device in your LAN can resolve custom domains like myservice.home.arpa without touching each device's hosts file. ## [How to use Caddy as a reverse proxy for your services](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2026/how-to-use-caddy-as-a-reverse-proxy-for-your-services/) _2026-01-30 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article I explain how to configure caddy as a reverse proxy for your services (eg. Docker) with TLS encryption and HTTPS connection. ## [Automated QSAR — how good is it in practice?](https://www.bjonnh.net/publication/2026_qsar/) _2026-01-16 · Bjonnh.net_ Over the past two decades, quantitative structure–activity relationship (QSAR) modeling has evolved substantially, driven by improved data accessibility, open-source descriptor generation, mature machine learning libraries, and scalable cloud computing. Large-scale benchmarking studies using public datasets have demonstrated the feasibility of building predictive models across hundreds of… ## [Finding a broken trace on my old Mac with the help of its ROM diagnostics](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/12/finding-a-broken-trace-on-my-old-mac-with-the-help-of-its-rom-diagnostics/) _2025-12-30 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ Yesterday, for the first time in about a year, I tried powering on the Macintosh Performa 450 (LC III) from my past writeup about Apple s backwards capacitor. It didn t work. The screen was black, it played the startup sound, and then immediately followed up with the Chimes of Death . Nothing else happened from that point \[ \] [Listen](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/StartupAndDeathChime2.wav) ## [How to install Debian on ProxmoxVE with LUKS encrypted root partition that auto-unlocks on boot](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-install-debian-on-proxmox-with-luks-encrypted-root-partition-that-auto-unlocks-on-boot/) _2025-12-28 · Aitor Alonso_ I'll show you how to create a Debian VM in ProxmoxVE, with the root partition encrypted with LUKS that automatically unlocks and mounts at boot. ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LeR6d5FCh33a) _2025-12-27 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [How to use GMail as SMTP server for Proxmox VE 9](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-use-gmail-as-smtp-server-for-proxmox/) _2025-11-30 · Aitor Alonso_ If you want to configure email notifications from Proxmox quick and easy, here I tell you everything you need to know. ## [Debugging BeagleBoard USB boot with a sniffer: fixing omap\_loader on modern PCs](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/11/debugging-beagleboard-usb-boot-with-a-sniffer-fixing-omap_loader-on-modern-pcs/) _2025-11-08 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ This post is about the original OMAP3530 BeagleBoard from 2008. Yes, the one so old that it doesn t even show up in the board list on BeagleBoard.org anymore. The BeagleBoard, not the BeagleBone. During my Chumby 8 kernel escapades, at one point I ran into a UART bug that affected multiple drivers, including the omap-serial \[ \] ## [How to automatize your backups with Systemd cronjobs, with logs and health-checks](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-automatize-your-backups-with-systemd-cronjobs-with-logs-and-health-checks/) _2025-10-25 · Aitor Alonso_ I'll show you how to take advantage of Systemd capabilities to schedule backups tasks with logs and integrate Healthchecks.io to ping us on failure. ## [How to upload and renew certificates on both Synology DSM and Proxmox VE](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-upload-and-renew-certificates-on-both-synology-dsm-and-proxmox-ve/) _2025-09-27 · Aitor Alonso_ After explaining how to set your own CA in last article, here I'll explain how to renew and upload those certificates in Synology DSM, Proxmox VE and Caddy. ## [An update about the hidden Performa 550 recovery partition](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/08/an-update-about-the-hidden-performa-550-recovery-partition/) _2025-08-28 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ Earlier this year, I wrote about how I rescued a special recovery partition from an old Macintosh Performa 550 s dead hard drive. This partition had been lost to time and it was a race to try to save it before the remaining Performa 550 machines out there with their original hard drives were reformatted or \[ \] ## [How to create your own Certificate Authority to provide certs for your self-hosted services](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-create-your-own-certificate-authority-to-provide-certs-for-your-self-hosted-services/) _2025-08-28 · Aitor Alonso_ I'll show you how to create your own Certificate Authority (CA) to sign your own certificates, trust them, renew them, and use them in proxmox and Synology. ## [What is the "Ship, Show, Ask" Git strategy](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/what-is-the-ship-show-ask-git-strategy/) _2025-07-26 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article, I'll explain what is the "Ship, Show, Ask" git strategy, that I personally find very useful on mature teams. ## [How to make a reading progress top bar with both React and Vue](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-make-a-reading-progress-top-bar-with-both-react-and-vue/) _2025-06-28 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article, I share some code snippets to create a reading progress top bar like the one I have in my blog for both React and Vue. ## [Finding a 27-year-old easter egg in the Power Mac G3 ROM](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/06/finding-a-27-year-old-easter-egg-in-the-power-mac-g3-rom/) _2025-06-24 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ I was recently poking around inside the original Power Macintosh G3 s ROM and accidentally discovered an easter egg that nobody has documented until now. This story starts with me on a lazy Sunday using Hex Fiend in conjunction with Eric Harmon s Mac ROM template (ROM Fiend) to look through the resources stored in the Power \[ \] ## [Modifying an HDMI dummy plug’s EDID using a Raspberry Pi](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/06/modifying-an-hdmi-dummy-plugs-edid-using-a-raspberry-pi/) _2025-06-15 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ I recently found myself needing to change the monitor that a cheap HDMI dummy plug pretended to be. It was a random one I had bought on Amazon several years ago that acted as a 4K monitor, and I needed it to be something simpler that didn t support a 4K resolution. The story behind why \[ \] ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/frH5jdqkcoct) _2025-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [3-2-1 Backup strategy. What is it and why is it important](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/3-2-1-backup-strategy-what-is-it-and-why-is-it-important/) _2025-05-29 · Aitor Alonso_ Today I'm here to explain what the 3-2-1 backup strategy is and why is important if you have your data hosted at home. ## [Please don’t ship heavy, fragile vintage computers. They will be destroyed.](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/05/please-dont-ship-heavy-fragile-vintage-computers-they-will-be-destroyed/) _2025-05-25 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ As part of my research into the Macintosh Performa 550 s factory recovery partition, I paid a lot of attention to eBay listings for these computers. I came to an interesting discovery that I had already suspected: big CRT-based Macs in this form factor are regularly damaged in shipping after being sold on eBay. Most vintage \[ \] ## [Importing Yubikey's SSH/GPG key into a new computer](https://blog.lourenci.com/importing-yubikeys-ssh/gpg-key-into-a-new-computer/) _2025-05-23 · Lourenci's Notes_ Importing the SSH key # Mac Sequoia's \`openssh\` doesn't support FIDO2 resident keys. brew install openssh # Import the SSH key from Yubikey into the current path. ssh-keygen -K # Move the private key to the ssh default location for keys. mv id\_ecdsa\_sk\_rk ~/.ssh/id\_ecdsa\_sk Importing the GPG key # Mac doesn't include gpg by default. brew install gnupg # Create the stub for the secret key in your… ## [How I fixed the infamous Basilisk II Windows “Black Screen” bug in 2013](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/05/how-i-fixed-the-infamous-basilisk-ii-windows-black-screen-bug-in-2013/) _2025-05-15 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ I ve been noticing a lot of fun stories lately about bugs in old software that suddenly showed up in newer Windows versions. For example, here s an excellent writeup by Silent about a bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas that laid dormant until Windows 11 24H2 came out. MattKC also recently posted a cool video \[ \] ## [Some SQL tips I've learned over the last few years](https://blog.lourenci.com/some-sql-tips-ive-learned-over-the-last-few-years/) _2025-04-27 · Lourenci's Notes_ …even though I spent part of my career writing SQL queries in corporations. Temporary tables with with with can be used to create temporary tables that can be used in the main query. with cities as ( select name, state , population from city ) select \* from cities where population \> 1000000 ; filter in aggregated columns having is not the only way to filter aggregated columns. filter is… ## [How to clone a disk image to a Synology NAS over LAN with Clonezilla](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-clone-a-disk-image-to-synology-nas-over-lan-with-clonezilla/) _2025-04-26 · Aitor Alonso_ Step-by-step instructions on how to create or clone a disk image from a PC to a Synology NAS server using Clonezilla, transmitting the image over LAN. ## [Vim tricks](https://blog.lourenci.com/vim-tricks/) _2025-04-14 · Lourenci's Notes_ Q in normal mode to execute the last recorded macro. Use \\{-} as non-greedy regex symbol. Use \\\_. to match any character including newline (multi-line). Use \\Vpattern (very non-magic) to match the pattern literally, only ^ and $ will have special meaning. Use \\vpattern (very magic) to match the pattern as a regex. Classic negative/positive lookahead/behind (example in very magic): lookbehind… ## [How to configure an Xbox One controller with dongle to work with Linux](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-configure-an-xbox-one-controller-with-dongle-to-work-with-linux/) _2025-03-29 · Aitor Alonso_ Today I'll show you how to configure an Xbox One controller with a dongle to work with Linux and play with it on Steam. ## [Modifying a mixer's USB routing](https://www.bjonnh.net/article/20250322_1625_modifying_a_mixer_usb_routing/) _2025-03-22 · Bjonnh.net_ ## [Apple’s long-lost hidden recovery partition from 1994 has been found](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/apples-long-lost-hidden-recovery-partition-from-1994-has-been-found/) _2025-03-15 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ In my last post about hard drives that go bad over time, I hinted at having rescued a lost piece of obscure Apple software history from an old 160 MB Conner hard drive that had its head stuck in the parked position. This post is going to be all about it. It s the tale of \[ \] ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GmHCSmpUBJ1Q) _2025-03-15 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [The gooey rubber that’s slowly ruining old hard drives](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/the-gooey-rubber-thats-slowly-ruining-old-hard-drives/) _2025-03-02 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ As part of my work toward an upcoming post about a lost piece of very obscure Mac history that has finally been found, I ve been playing around with old Apple-branded SCSI hard drives made by Quantum and Conner in the 1990s. What I m about to describe is already common knowledge in the vintage computing world, \[ \] ## [How to automatically mount LUKS encrypted Linux root partition on boot with TPM 2.0](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-automatically-mount-luks-encrypted-linux-root-partition-on-boot/) _2025-02-22 · Aitor Alonso_ How to configure an Arch Linux based distribution (Manjaro) to automatically mount a LUKS encrypted Linux root partition on boot thanks to TPM 2.0. ## [The invalid 68030 instruction that accidentally allowed the Mac Classic II to successfully boot up](https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/01/the-invalid-68030-instruction-that-accidentally-allowed-the-mac-classic-ii-to-successfully-boot-up/) _2025-01-25 · Doug Brown · Downtown Doug Brown_ This is the story of how Apple made a mistake in the ROM of the Macintosh Classic II that probably should have prevented it from booting, but instead, miraculously, its Motorola MC68030 CPU accidentally prevented a crash and saved the day by executing an undefined instruction. I ve been playing around with MAME a lot lately. \[ \] ## [How to enable TPM support for old computers in BIOS](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2025/how-to-enable-tpm-support-for-old-computers-in-bios/) _2025-01-25 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article, I'll show you how to enable TPM on your old computer, so you can install Windows 11 without having to upgrade your hardware. ## [How to use UUID v7 on PostgreSQL with Ecto in Elixir](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2024/how-to-use-uuid-v7-postgresql-ecto-elixir/) _2024-12-27 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article, I'll show you how to use UUID v7 with Ecto and PostgreSQL without external dependencies. ## [MIDI Breath controller](https://www.bjonnh.net/project/breath_controller/) _2024-12-15 · Bjonnh.net_ I made a tiny device that uses pressure from my mouth to control MIDI. ## [How to seamlessly manage AWS credentials using 1Password CLI](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2024/how-to-seamlessly-manage-aws-credentials-using-1password-cli/) _2024-11-27 · Aitor Alonso_ A guide to manage AWS credentials seamlessly with 1Password, including MFA, by integrating the 1Password CLI with the AWS CLI. ## [Quick Jupyter Notebook Launcher for KDE](https://www.bjonnh.net/article/20241117_jupyter_notebooks_kde/) _2024-11-17 · Bjonnh.net_ A simple right-click menu option to launch containerized Jupyter notebooks in any directory. ## [Natural Products with Potential for the Treatment of Pain: Global Evidence from the NAPRALERT Database](https://www.bjonnh.net/publication/2024_pain/) _2024-11-15 · Bjonnh.net_ Natural products (NPs) continue to inform the discovery and development of a diversity of drugs, both marketed and investigational. Pain, one of the most common of human experiences and profound challenges in medicine and biology, has emerged at the core of an urgent societal problem, in the United States and globally. The present study employs a retrospective analysis of an extensive set of… ## [How to use erlang applications in elixir and how to translate them to elixir code.](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2024/how-to-use-erlang-applications-in-elixir-and-how-to-translate-them-to-elixir-code/) _2024-10-27 · Aitor Alonso_ In this article, I'll show you how to use erlang applications in your elixir codebase, and also how to translate them to elixir code. ## [Medicinal Plant Microbiomes: Factors Affecting Bacterial and Fungal Community Composition](https://www.bjonnh.net/publication/2024_microbiome/) _2024-10-24 · Bjonnh.net_ This exploratory study was designed to identify factors implicating microbial influence on medicinal plant metabolomes. Utilizing a whole-microbiome approach, amplicon sequencing was used to identify the makeup of fungal and bacterial assemblages from endophytic (interior) and epiphytic (external) environments in two different sets of congeneric host-plant pairs, with collection of multiple… ## [How Phoenix LiveView works. A Beginner's Guide to understanding Phoenix LiveView.](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2024/how-phoenix-liveview-works-a-beginners-guide/) _2024-09-29 · Aitor Alonso_ Learn how Phoenix LiveView works under the hood to provide interactive web applications rendered in the server. ## [Linking or importing existing photo files to Synology Photos folder without duplicating space on BTRFS](https://aalonso.dev/blog/2024/linking-existing-photo-files-to-synology-photos-folder-without-duplicating-space-on-btrfs/) _2024-08-30 · Aitor Alonso_ If you want to add existing photo files to Synology Photos from another folder or a backup without actually coping or duplicating them, check this.