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It took me three attempts to find my way to a #wikipedia mirror

It took me three attempts to find my way to a #wikipedia mirror

Saturday morning urban exploration on #reticulumnetwork

Saturday morning urban exploration on #reticulumnetwork

Maybe my use case has outgrown jq, and it’s time to graduate to something else. OTOH jq just works.

Maybe my use case has outgrown jq, and it’s time to graduate to something else. OTOH jq just works.

Unit testing jq scripts with #nix. Because, why not. https://github.com/gmodena/nix-flatpak/tree/main/tests/state

Unit testing jq scripts with #nix. Because, why not. https://github.com/gmodena/nix-flatpak/tree/main/tests/state

TIL dynamic derivations: [...] We can now dynamically construct a graph of Nix expressions at build time and link them to a top level...

TIL dynamic derivations:
[...] We can now dynamically construct a graph of Nix expressions at build time and link them to a top level derivation.

Imagine any tool that has knowledge of the code graph such as CMake, Bazel or even -MD for gcc. [...]"

https://fzakaria.com/2025/03/10/an-early-look-at-nix-dynamic-derivations

#nix #nixos

Open letter to the Executive Board of Radboud University calling for digital autonomy and independence from Big...

Open letter to the Executive Board of Radboud University calling for digital autonomy and independence from Big Tech:

https://www.cs.ru.nl/~jhh/open-letter-big-tech.html

I have been nerd sniped into doing a pet project in #ziglang. There’s a lot to like.

I have been nerd sniped into doing a pet project in #ziglang. There’s a lot to like.

I spent some time this afternoon figuring out secret management on #nixos. Eventually, I got an agenix setup working (neat!), but I wish I...

I spent some time this afternoon figuring out secret management on #nixos. Eventually, I got an agenix setup working (neat!), but I wish I had found this blog before starting: https://fzakaria.com/2024/07/12/nix-secrets-for-dummies.html

The fediversity work is very compelling.

The fediversity work is very compelling.

Next step: giving NixOps4 a go. @roberth I got nerd sniped by your FOSDEM talk.

Next step: giving NixOps4 a go. @roberth I got nerd sniped by your FOSDEM talk.

Time to bring some servers into the EU, and finally migrate to NixOS since I'm at it.[root@nixos-ampere-1:~]# cat /etc/issue...

Time to bring some servers into the EU, and finally migrate to NixOS since I'm at it.

[root@nixos-ampere-1:~]# cat /etc/issue

<<< Welcome to NixOS 24.11.714433.0ff09db9d034 (\m) - \l >>>

#nixos #selfhosted

🚀 nix-flatpak v0.6.0 released 🎉This release improves the reliability of service startup on flaky networks, and refactors ...

🚀 nix-flatpak v0.6.0 released 🎉

This release improves the reliability of service startup on flaky networks, and refactors `onActivation` execution logic to eliminate side effects (remote lookups) that prevented offline updates from functioning as advertised.

More details at https://github.com/gmodena/nix-flatpak/releases/tag/v0.6.0

#nixos #flatpak

The #nixos devroom is packed!

The #nixos devroom is packed!

Alright. Time to figure out this lemmy thing.

Alright. Time to figure out this lemmy thing.

I’m pretty sure this was the premise of a short story by @qntm:...

I’m pretty sure this was the premise of a short story by @qntm: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/meta-wants-more-ai-bots-on-facebook-and-instagram.html

Some notes and informal benchmarks on naive vector search https://nowave.it/articles/no-frills-vector-search-on-the-jvm.html

Some notes and informal benchmarks on naive vector search https://nowave.it/articles/no-frills-vector-search-on-the-jvm.html

Spoiler: AoC 2024-12-21 solution snippetPosition start = [prev_m]() -> Position { switch(prev_m) { case...

Spoiler: AoC 2024-12-21 solution snippet

Position start = [prev_m]() -> Position {
switch(prev_m) {
case '^': return {0, 1, 'A'};
case 'A': return {0, 2, 'A'};
case '<': return {1, 0, 'A'};
case 'v': return {1, 1, 'A'};
case '>': return {1, 2, 'A'};
default: throw std::runtime_error("Invalid move");
}
}();

And on day 21 of #adventofcode I realized that c++23 supports pattern matching.

And on day 21 of #adventofcode I realized that c++23 supports pattern matching.

There's some implementation details in this old post https://nowave.it/articles/building-the-openjdkhotspot-disassembler-with-nix.html

There's some implementation details in this old post https://nowave.it/articles/building-the-openjdkhotspot-disassembler-with-nix.html

If you run #nixos and need JDK 22 with the Hotspot disassembler enabled, I’ve just published a flake for that on flakehub:...

If you run #nixos and need JDK 22 with the Hotspot disassembler enabled, I’ve just published a flake for that on flakehub: https://flakehub.com/flake/gmodena/jdk22-hsdis