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2024-12-10 09:49:26

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@nprofile…ssav Right now I am just using this set of packages:
pkgs.jekyll
pkgs.rubyPackages.jekyll-gist
pkgs.rubyPackages.jekyll-paginate
pkgs.rubyPackages.jekyll-feed
pkgs.rubyPackages.jekyll-seo-tag
Adding those to environment.systemPackages in configuration.nix should work. The challenge is if you need to install plugins through the Gemfile, that seems to be a bit tricky on nix.
At least with my limited experience with NixOS and Ruby.

2024-12-10 08:14:52

Managed to change my #nixos configuration, home manager setup, and most of my #direnv setups to using #nix flakes all following the same nixpkgs version.
As usual jekyll proved to be the most challenging, but now it is installed with plain nix packages.
Next step is to do some prompt hacking. And by prompt hacking I mean fiddling with PS1 to include current devshell.

2024-11-12 14:11:57

It is only a podcast if it has a RSS feed. Otherwise it is just a sparkling collection of audio files.

2024-08-04 09:05:03

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@npub1zpu…qh6x But hjkl is so much more intuitive....

2024-06-14 17:40:58

There is just one Grade I listed bike shed in England. #TIL
Now, you might ask yourself, did #bikeshedding occur during construction of this shed?
Yes indeed....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Catherine%27s_College_Bicycle_Store
https://cdn.fosstodon.org/media_attachments/files/112/616/193/054/356/400/original/ad9b90c6e4c83419.jpg

2024-03-15 08:48:46

What is the best way to replace one #ActivityPub server with another?
I want to reuse the host name and user names, but the content can be removed. Keeping my followers would be a nice to have, but not important.
Should I implement the mastodon self destruct sequence? (That could be a fun side project)
Can I just copy signing keys from one implementation to another? (I think I can mange the database mangling)
Should I just purge the old database and hope that everything works?

2024-03-08 10:50:28

Best Static Site Generator for a blog?
Besides having slightly different templates systems (and I don't want to roll my own layout/theme) and slightly different content of the front matter, does it even matter?

2024-02-28 13:25:32

Some developers of linux CLI tools seems to have forgotten how to work with pipelines. More and more often I seem to experience tools that unconditionally formats tabular data into columns with dynamic width.
They lacks an easy way to just show column 1 and 4. But sed(1) to the rescue:
$ ctr -n k8s.io images ls | sed -e 's/\s\s*/\t/g | cut -f 1,4,5

2024-02-15 11:24:45

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@npub1zpu…qh6x But it would feel wrong with a modern keyboard...

2024-02-15 10:11:04

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To me the following taglines provokes quite different impressions:
- Firefox with built-in AI (used for translations)
- Firefox with built-in Translations (based on AI)
The former is a solution looking for a problem, the latter is a problem with a proposed solution.
I acknowledge that it might mean little to end-users, but it does matter in how I view the Mozilla organization.

2024-02-08 08:24:00

Coworker: Let us rely on round-robin DNS.
Me: Let me count the ways I'm going to exclaim "It's DNS!" untill you regret it...

2023-08-31 08:38:31

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@npub1trd…ussx Zero tolerance, the article claims.
But beside banning users and passing information to the authorities, there really isn't any suggestion on what to do with the illegal content itself.
Not any realization that immutability is a problem, just a naive hope that users respect a Zero Tolerance Policy.