tech

Why I moved to Cloudflare

If, like me, you are doing everything through a self-assembled Rube Goldberg machine just because it evolved that way, maybe take a look at your options!

facts

The Eel's Favourite Love Nest

So apparently every Eel in the world goes to the same place to get freaky.

home-automation

Using Homebridge to automate with Apple Home

Automating your home can be expensive. Automating it with Apple can be stupidly so.

The Simple PCV is kinda genius

So once again, I am quietly amazed by something very clever that does an important job very well.

tech

Among Us for Microservices

Which services are acting sus?

facts

Why doesn’t English have a formal “You”?

Everyone seems to have one, so why don’t we?

cooking

Crumple your parchment paper

Crush it to make it behave

Too Much Sun can be bad for you (even if you're a satellite)

Turns out it's not just Sun worshippers and idiots who can be affected by the Sun's rays.

ClownCore is crazy af

Seriously, it's like a beautiful short noisy ear-splosion, with Jazz mixed in. It's fucking cray-cray [https://m.youtube.com/user/ClownC0re]

What is Lerp-ing?

Making hit-box checking more performant.

Zabbix for a small home setup

So recently I learned, by practical experiment, that Zabbix will run just perfectly on a Raspberry Pi 3 if you're only looking after a small home or office set up. I've been struggling with problems as the home lan grows more complex, so I really really

facts

Sharks vs People

Is humanity still number 1?

food

How to make Chinese Tea Eggs (茶叶蛋)

Pronouced 'Cha-ye dan', these are a staple snack in China and Taiwan, which I practically lived on while I was there. They are a super delicious mix of Soy Sauce and typical chinese spices which flavour and preserve the eggs, they are also super easy to make as

food

Making Strawberry Jam is Super Easy

Like, super dooper easy.

How to run a Product Selection

Or: Why is a product selection like a horse race?

agile

Some Lessons I Learned on Scrum

Let me take you on the journey of our last year in Scrum.

life-hacks

Bubble Wrap on Frying Pans

If you have to stack'em, wrap 'em

tech

Fancy apps need fancy proxy settings

Fun with websockets through nginx proxy

tech

A problem has two ends

A simple ssl issue gave me the opportunity to spread some troubleshooting love

tech

Service many domains from one (secure) place

A guide to moving services to multiple s(ub)domains behind a single IP

food

What is Picanha?

*spoilers* :)

tech

Catch-all redirection of domains with nginx

How to set nginx up to redirect wildcard domains to a single https site.