Tech & Servers
My hobby - technology, servers, and systems administration. Mostly content about Linux and website/web application hosting.
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2025
How I Computer in 2025 This is a 2025 follow-up to my post last year about my consumer technology setup. As with last year, this is inspired by Jon Seager’s blog on how he computers! Hardware Computers Since 2020, I haven't had a desktop…
Bypassing SIM Lock on Pixels I recently picked up a new Google Pixel 9 and Pixel 10 Pro through some carrier promos. Both phones had fantastic prices but also the classic stipulation that the phone is SIM locked to a carrier for a certain period of…
Apple Store iPhone Trade-In Criteria I recently traded in an iPhone 13 at the Apple Store. I was a bit nervous going into the store since the phone's screen had several fairly deep (deep enough to catch a fingernail) scratches about ~2mm long, caused by…
2024
How I Computer in 2024 Introduction I love consumer technology, so it's always interesting to see how people set up their devices to get work done. I try to be particular and reasoned when choosing tech solutions for myself. So after reading…
Grist "No example workspace available" Error I'm writing this post since I've been managing a self-hosted Grist instance for a while now. Grist is essentially a self-hosted version of Airtable, but even more supercharged! It's a great product, but it's still in…
Cool Tech: Active Transit Signal Priority with LYT One of the most effective ways to speed up public transit operations in mixed-flow traffic is transit signal priority (TSP). TSP, in a broad sense, aims to reduce delay arising from waiting for red lights at…
2023
Cloudflare Zero Trust Gateway as an adblocker I was recently looking for a solution to handle ad blocking at the DNS level. I wanted to use the DNS level specifically (rather than an app or browser extension or something like that) because needed it to work on my…
Is 0pass just an Authentik instance? I recently saw this TechCrunch article about a "Y-Combinator backed" startup called 0pass, promising to "make it easier" for organizations to adopt passwordless authentication. This, as with nearly every…
Your sign-in settings don’t meet your organization’s 2-Step Verification policy Problem By default, new Google Workspace tenants now enforce required 2-Step Verification (2SV) for all users. Users are only given one week to enable and set up 2-Step Verification from the date of their account…
