Technology
How I Deploy Free Websites with Cloudflare
I deploy free websites globally using Cloudflare Workers and git. You can too!
Technology
Anything related to tech.
newsletter
Burns After Reading: Volume 8
In this eighth edition I discuss my ongoing political radicalization, the fediverse, and birds.
Blogs
Migrating from WordPress to Ghost
Documenting the process and decisions behind moving from self-hosted WordPress to cloud-hosted Ghost. Also comparing Ghost and Eleventy.
Family
2025 Summary
I'm doing this again. A year in review for 2025. If you want to catch last year's, you can find 2024 here. Pray that brevity finds me, for your sake. 2025 brought new challenges and plenty of adventure. Challenges Psychic Damage The first challenge of 2025
Technology
Debian 13 Trixie Upgrade
One Weird Trick to make Linux distro upgrades easy on your critical services. Upgrading from Debian 12 to 13 on a Docker host.
Technology
Air-Gapped Cyber Resilient Infrastructure
During Nutanix .NEXT 2025 in Washington, DC, I had the honor of presenting a main stage demo to ~4,000 attendees. I can write a bit more about what it took to get this demo ready, but for now I'm just happy to share that the presentation is
automation
Bliss Alta Motionblinds Home Assistant Integration
Do you have a Bliss Automation - Alta Window Fashions roller shade or other device that you'd like to add into Home Assistant? Then this is the place for you! Background Part of de-Amazon-ing my house, or "un-Bezo-ing?", "de-Jeff-ing?" is to control all my
Technology
Nested YAML Frontmatter for Obsidian Book Notes
The author spends 3,000 words changing 3 lines to remove nested YAML frontmatter. Along the way, he learns the value of writing down the process and fact checking AI.
Technology
Can you quit Vim?
The note taking application Obsidian makes me nearly spit my coffee out with a fun pop-up message about exiting Vim.
Technology
Procrastination via Optimization (Yak Shaving)
Procrastination via endless optimization of my work environment. Otherwise known as Yak Shaving. Learn how my workstation config evolved.
Blogs
Should I switch to a static site generator?
Thinking about the switch between WordPress and the Eleventy static site generator after 23 years of blogging.
Technology
Measuring AT&T Internet Bandwidth with Python, InfluxDB, and Grafana
Any technical system you build inevitably slides into decay as the ecosystem you've borrowed from upgrades slowly over time while you're off doing other things. The parts you custom tailored now no longer fit. Some of the suppliers go out of business. Some changed businesses altogether.