@sam_ships

staff eng by day. side projects that die by night

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Public lists

homelab upgrades, once the budget allows

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  • 01Synology DS923+↗
  • 022x 16TB Seagate Exos drives
  • 03UniFi Dream Machine SE↗
  • ··3 more entries
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newsletters and blogs that replaced my dev twitter feed

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  • 01The Pragmatic Engineer↗
  • 02ByteByteGo↗
  • 03TLDR↗
  • ··7 more entries
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where to find freelance dev gigs that aren't a race to the bottom

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ContraBraintrustArc.devToptalY Combinator Work at a Startupcold DMs on twitter/x+1
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oss repos i want to contribute to someday

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NeovimZigHome AssistantDuckDBSQLiteripgrep+4
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git commands i always forget

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  • 01git reflog
  • 02git rebase -i HEAD~5
  • 03git commit --fixup <hash>
  • ··9 more entries
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setting up a caddy reverse proxy without losing a weekend

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  • 01write a minimal Caddyfile before touching anything else↗
  • 02point dns at the server first
  • 03open ports 80 and 443, both
  • ··6 more entries
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raspberry pi projects that survived past the novelty phase

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Pi-holeHome AssistantGiteaUptime KumaWireGuard VPNSamba file share+5
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kubernetes: zero to comfortable for a solo dev

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  • 01kubernetes.io's Learn Kubernetes Basics tutorial↗
  • 02run something locally on kind or minikube↗
  • 03Kubernetes the Hard Way (Kelsey Hightower), once↗
  • ··4 more entries
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the boring pre-launch checklist

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  • 01error monitoring hooked up (sentry, or w/e)
  • 02automated db backups + a tested restore
  • 03health check endpoint
  • ··13 more entries
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self-hosted apps that actually killed a subscription

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ImmichVaultwardenJellyfinPaperless-ngxNavidromeMiniflux+8
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desk setup gear that actually survived two years

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  • 01Keychron Q1 Pro
  • 02ZSA Moonlander↗
  • 03Logitech MX Master 3S
  • ··8 more entries
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switches that survive an 8 hour workday

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  • 01Cherry MX Brown
  • 02Cherry MX Red
  • 03Gateron Oil King V2
  • ··6 more entries
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cli tools i actually use daily

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fzfzoxideripgrepfdbatjq+8
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static site generators, ranked by regret

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EleventyAstroZolaHugoDocusaurusGatsby+1
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self-hosted stuff that actually stuck

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  • 01Jellyfin (replaced Plex)↗
  • 02Immich (replaced Google Photos)↗
  • 03Vaultwarden - replaced LastPass↗
  • ··6 more entries
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things every staff eng has said in a postmortem

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  • 01"this is not a blame document"
  • 02"let's do the five whys before we do the vibes"
  • 03"everyone in this room made a reasonable call with the information they had"
  • ··8 more entries
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free tier cloud that's actually usable, not bait and switch

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Cloudflare WorkersOracle Cloud Always FreeNeonTursoRenderBackblaze B2+2
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