Today I wrote a commit message that was several screens long. I think it deserves to be a blog post of its own Update: the commit linked above required some modification to remove flakiness, but the workaround still stands. Diff provided in this...
So, the year is 2022 and I'm still using D-Link DIR-825, rev.B1 as my edge router at home. Thanks to the power of opensource it is running a modern and secure OS (OpenWRT) long after the manufacturer has abandoned this product. Even though...
I have encountered an unexpected Ansible failure today that turned out to be not a bug. Ansible apt module had failed to auto install the required python3-apt package - only on Debian Testing. Same playbook worked fine with Debian Stable. TASK...
Below are hardware details of an outdated compact computer that had since become available for low price on second-hand market. I bought mine for $15 (in March 2020). This post is inspired by ParkyTowers Thin Client Database - many thanks to...
Up until the middle of 2019 it was very unusual to even expect that any CI service would allow nested virtualization. Those who required such functionality had to maintain their own CI runners on their own infrastructure. Things changed when...