Why upgrade Android? —
(Mostly) everybody agrees that Android upgrades are good, but how very crucial they are to security and privacy often gets overlooked. Let's dig into that.
Making a Bluetooth adapter work on Linux —
Getting a USB Bluetooth dongle to function properly on Linux proved to be somewhat of a trip, which I'm documenting here.
Jul 5, 2020
Simple tricks for faster Rust programs —
Rust programs are pretty fast on their own, but you can slightly augment their performance with some simple tricks.
May 8, 2020
How Cloudflare proxies CNAME records —
Everybody probably understands how Cloudflare proxies A/AAAA records, but how it proxies CNAME records is also pretty interesting. Let's dive into how that happens and why it can often break other products that need you to set CNAME records.
Apr 13, 2020
Switching my email to Purelymail —
I recently moved from forwarding my email through Google to hosting it through Purelymail.com. Here are some thoughts about the process and the motivation behind it