# way time (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover way time. Page: Feed: --- ## [Linux OCI containers as plain FreeBSD jails (without Podman)](https://jan.systems/posts/linux-oci-containers-as-jails/) _2026-08-10 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Abstract : Linux software distributed as OCI container images can be extracted into a FreeBSD jail with Linux compatibility enabled. With a couple of mounts set up to make the extracted root a valid Linux userland, the "container" can run like a regular jail without involving virtual machines or a separate control interface ( podman ). Isolation is handled by the jail subsystem. FreeBSD has a… ## [🌱 Now, spring 2026](https://jan.systems/posts/now-2026-spring/) _2026-04-12 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Planning the wedding, reworking my wardrobe. Home reno. Dogs playing in the dog park. Jojo (the shiba inu) breached containment one night. We were going to take him out on a walk but the dog was nowhere to be seen. The backyard gate was slightly open. We tried finding him by driving around the neighborhood. Some people on social media had seen him walking around so we tried to track him, but we… ## [A home server journey, part 5: Ansible](https://jan.systems/posts/home-server-part-5/) _2025-12-26 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ This is the fifth episode in a series where I set up a FreeBSD home server, explaining all the steps, problems and solutions along the way. This time we're provisioning the server with Ansible. Check out episodes 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 . Automation Ansible is a tool for running a bunch of Python scripts, or "tasks", in a kind of declarative way. It's commonly used for provisioning servers. My… ## [A home server journey, part 4: Networking](https://jan.systems/posts/home-server-part-4/) _2025-12-24 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ This is the fourth episode in a series where I set up a FreeBSD home server, explaining all the steps, problems and solutions along the way. This time we're looking at networking. Check out episodes 1 , 2 , 3 . Dual interfaces I already have a private network ( 192.168.0.0/16 ) that uses my pfSense router as its gateway. The FreeBSD server will connect to this network through ethernet… ## [A home server journey, part 3: Installation](https://jan.systems/posts/home-server-part-3/) _2025-12-23 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ This is the third episode in a series where I set up a FreeBSD home server, explaining all the steps, problems and solutions along the way. This time we're installing the OS for the first time. Check out episodes 1 and 2 . Installing FreeBSD Installation should be pretty straightforward. I'm going to go with the latest stable release installer ( 14.3-RELEASE ) in the amd64 + memstick.iso… ## [❄️ Now, winter 2025](https://jan.systems/posts/now-2025-winter/) _2025-12-16 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Fall has gone by, fast. Mostly rain and darkness. Managing the estate of my late father has taken up a lot of time I would've otherwise spent on hobbies. Some decor and reno at home, some game programming, a lot of games. Game design has been on my mind a lot lately. I also attended my first ever Finnish defence forces reservist refresher training exercise. I had a good time! Metroidvania… ## [EuroBSDCon 2025: conference notes](https://jan.systems/posts/eurobsdcon-2025-conf-notes/) _2025-10-17 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ EuroBSDCon is one of the events organized under the BSD community umbrella, focusing on all things related to and descending from 4.4 Berkeley Software Distribution. This year's event was held between September 25th and 28th in Zagreb, Croatia, but the city and country change every year. My event experience consisted of two days of "trainings", sometimes also referred to as labs, and two days… ## [🍁 Now, fall 2025](https://jan.systems/posts/now-2025-fall/) _2025-10-05 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Late summer and early autumn have been a time of ups and downs. I lost my father to illness. The passing was expected, in a way, so I have had time to process things in advance, but when it actually happened it turned everything on its head for a while. Sorting out things after the death has taken a lot of time and effort, but things are now more or less in order. I have got a lot of support and… ## [A home server journey, part 2: Hardware](https://jan.systems/posts/home-server-part-2/) _2025-10-04 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ “My first impulse, when presented with any spanking-new piece of computer hardware, is to imagine how it will look in ten years’ time, gathering dust under a card table in a thrift shop.” ― William Gibson, Distrust That Particular Flavor This is the second post in a blog series chronicling my progress with designing and setting up a new, physical FreeBSD home server. Last time we went over my… ## [A home server journey, part 1: Motivation](https://jan.systems/posts/home-server-part-1/) _2025-06-30 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ This is the first post in a blog series chronicling my progress with designing and setting up a new, physical FreeBSD home server. I'm guessing this will become at least a three-parter, but that depends on how things actually go, and how in-depth I happen to write. This first part is about my motivations and requirements, whereas the latter ones will be more technical-deepdive-like. A… ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/SQqEc2dppWdc) _2025-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [☀️ Now, summer 2025](https://jan.systems/posts/now-2025-summer/) _2025-06-15 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ A torii gate in the Kenroku-en garden Here's three seasons of updates in one package. AutereDB project I was reading Designing Data-intensive Applications and I came across a chapter where the author goes over log-structured database architecture. I knew about B-tree based systems, but this seemingly simpler approach was new to me. I was intrigued, but I also felt like I didn't fully… ## [My pile of incomplete projects](https://jan.systems/posts/pile-of-incomplete-projects/) _2025-04-28 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ The number of started projects and/or empty checkboxes in my to do list is getting out of hand. I have: \> 7 hobby tech projects in a state where I need to put ”just a bit” more effort to them to get them to the finish line, 2 or 3 hobby tech projects that have an incalculable number of man-hours left, and a nebulous cloud of non-tech stuff that should be done (and preferably prioritized).… ## [jan.systems tech stack retro/prospective](https://jan.systems/posts/tech-stack-retro-prospective/) _2025-04-28 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ I have a website authoring system that involves Obsidian sync and a hand-crafted static site generator (SSG) written in Scheme that: syncs Markdown files to my VPS compiles Markdown source files into HTML pages using pandoc parses and processes Markdown frontmatter as metadata builds an RSS feed from the pages builds the blog archive page that shows a time-sorted list of blog posts builds the… ## [MacOS: Opening Git commit prompt in active GUI editor](https://jan.systems/posts/macos-opening-git-commit-prompt-in-active-gui-editor/) _2025-01-29 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ This is a quick, neat thing I happened to find on accident. As a result of the application bundle system that MacOS uses ubiquitously, you can figure out the currently open application with the \_\_CFBundleIdentifier environment variable. $ echo $\_\_CFBundleIdentifier dev.zed.Zed This bundle identifier uniquely identifies an installed application. Many editors or IDEs (Zed in my example) allow you to… ## [Path-conditional config and SSH key signing in \`git\`](https://jan.systems/posts/git-path-conditional-config-and-ssh-key-signing/) _2024-12-21 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Today I learned about two recent-ish Git features. Conditional configs Since Git version 2.13, it is possible to use different Git configurations based on values such as the current branch, or what's useful in my use case, path prefix: # File: .gitconfig \[includeIf "gitdir:~/Projects/Work/" \] path = .gitconfig-work 🔗 includeIf in Git documentation I personally use separate Git… ## [🍁 Now, fall 2024](https://jan.systems/posts/now-2024-fall/) _2024-12-10 · Jan Tuomi · Jan Sydänviita (né Tuomi)_ Home Dog dug up the yard and the new grass. Multiple times even. Planted some clovers to hide the bald spot. Fixed up a vine that fell down from the wall. Painted some rooms. The previous owner left them in a sorry state. Built a little bathroom shelf, a little nightstand and a sound diffuser. Getting the hang of woodworking. .gallery { display: flex; flex-flow: row wrap; margin: -10px; } .gallery…