Tools of the trade: direnv

In the first post in the new ‘Tools of the trade’ series, we talk about direnv.

August 4, 2020 · 2 min

Android Password Store 1.10.2 patch release

Long form release notes for the Android Password Store v1.10.2 patch release

July 30, 2020 · 1 min

Android Password Store 1.10.1 patch release

Long form release notes for the Android Password Store v1.10.1 patch release

July 23, 2020 · 1 min

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.

July 23, 2020 · 6 min

Android Password Store July release

Long form release notes for the Android Password Store July release

July 22, 2020 · 6 min

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.

July 17, 2020 · 3 min

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.

July 5, 2020 · 3 min

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.

May 8, 2020 · 2 min

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

April 13, 2020 · 6 min

Dagger the easy way - Part 2

Let’s extend the “scope” of these tutorials :)

March 6, 2020 · 6 min