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How to run Terraform providers not meant for Apple Silicon with Rosetta
Use Rosetta to run Terraform as x86_64 on Apple Silicon and avoid provider checksum mismatches.
How to prepare presentation for a Conference
Learn how to build impactful conference presentations by focusing on storytelling, narrative throughlines, and audience experience rather than just slides.
Setting Ghostty as default terminal on Ubuntu 26.04
A quick guide on how to set the GPU-accelerated Ghostty terminal as the default on Ubuntu 26.04 using the new configuration method.
The Wall of Shame
A story of how a team used “The Wall of Shame” to turn a bottlenecked PR review process into an engaging game.
Ubuntu variant optimized with x86-64-v3
Explore how to enable and use the x86-64-v3 optimized Ubuntu variant for better performance on modern hardware without sacrificing stability.
Prek, a pre-commit alternative
Prek is a Rust-based pre-commit alternative that maintains full config compatibility while delivering significantly faster hook execution.
My IndieWeb Journey: A Guide to POSSE on a Hugo Static Site
My journey of integrating IndieWeb principles into my Hugo blog-from microformats to Brid.gy syndication and building a custom Webmention renderer.
Digital Gardening
Treating your personal website like a garden you tend continuously, not as a finished construction, but rather cultivated, authentic fragmented of web.
Disable the pager for apt search
Learn how to disable the annoying pager for apt search results on Debian-based systems, and find the best permanent solution.
A Practical guide to building a parser in Go
A developer’s journey of building a recursive descent parser in Go, from basic concepts to tackling left recursion with Packrat memoization.