Posts

  • There and Back Again: Immutable Dev Environments

    Six years ago I wrote about moving to an immutable dev environment using Docker. Now I’m back to Nix. Again.

  • A towering gray machine next to a small glowing golden cube radiating quiet confidence

    Small Models, Big Future

    A couple of years ago, running capable language models locally seemed impractical. Now? I’m doing it daily, with predictable costs and complete privacy.

  • Immutable Dev Environment

    …of course that SSD would fail under me and wreck my install! Thankfully I was really disciplined and was carefully keeping my dotfiles repository up-to-date. Coming back to the state...

  • Writing Is Hard

    Writing is Hard. Wow. It’s the most underrated skill ever. Something that I consider highly desirable, yet so hard to attain!

  • getting started with Hyper-V

    Don’t get me wrong, I love Linux. It’s the perfect environment for development. The problem is having to deal with hardware support on bleeding-edge hardware. When Apple decides to release...

  • my coffee setup

    Before moving to the US, I’ve passed all my coffee gear to a very dear friend. After some research, I’ve settled on: coffee gear Kalita Wave is my new dripper - While...

  • isolating linux environments

    One of the most annoying things I’ve had using the same machine for work and personal purposes is how the environments can get mixed up. Someone sends you a link...

  • back to debian

    When I’ve got that Thinkpad T460, the only distro that would make this skylake machine to be able to boot was the good old Arch Linux. Bleeding-edge kernel, constant updates, and...

  • pressure cooker lamb roast

    In my family there was a completely irrational but general fear about cooking lamb and goat meat. If you don’t do it properly, it’s going to smell and taste bad! This was...

  • a new beginning

    Usually, striking items from your bucket list is pretty simple, but this time it was completely different. Moving abroad was a dream of mine since I was very young and...