Random Notes

Server Migration As Code::Stats grows, so do its hardware needs.

I was wondering today how to filter uWSGI logs based on the request path because we had an endpoint that was filling our logs with meaningless information.

History (or How I Got the UHK) So it turns out mechanical keyboards are like a drug to me.

The first part of this post contains background on how I got the keyboard and how I progressed with it.

After quite some time in development, I've now deployed Mebe 2 on this site, to replace the aging Mebe codebase.

I've always loved retro keyboards.

I use OBS Studio to store replays of my games with my friends for later.

When improving Code::Stats's Atom plugin, I wanted to add the plugin version as the User-Agent header: code-stats-atom/x.y.z.

I've known GitLab has existed for a long time, but haven't really paid any attention to it before.

People commented so nicely on my first build tool FBU that I decided to push it to the Elixir package manager Hex.pm.

EDIT 2017-04-04: I have since renamed the project to MBU: Mix Build Utilities and published it on Hex.pm: hex.pm/packages/mbu.

As part of my Trainfulness project, I sometimes upload Creative Commons licensed videos to YouTube.

This post is sponsored by Dotcom-Monitor.

Reddit is a good place to share content, but also a good place to attempt to make some money on clicks from unsuspecting or indifferent users.

In my last post I wrote about StartCom's new StartEncrypt service and its misleading advertisement email.

Before Let's Encrypt existed, I – like many others – used to use StartSSL, which offered free domain validated TLS sertificates.

This is a project that I've been working on for a month or so on my free time (of which there really isn't too much).

Honestly, some days it feels like web development is the art of building a self-aware network of node.js packages that sort of does what you need it to do… until someone on the other side of the planet inserts a breaking change in a patch version and the…

‘Conqueror’ is about a world that is kind of falling apart around you, and you’re looking for a conqueror to save you.

NOTE 2016-09-21: It seems whatsapp-purple has been abandoned by its maintainer.

Let's Encrypt is the new free, automated and open certificate authority, that I talked about in a previous post.

Just noticed someone has forked Mebe into their own version.

You may remember that earlier this fall I found out just how much faster a 2048-bit HTTPS certificate is for the server to handle.

The identity of this website has been verified by Let's Encrypt Authority X1.

This installment of music-i-like deals with a specific album, because I feel like I don't know enough about the artist Hans-Peter Lindstrøm to talk about him in general, but I still want to share the album in question.

A huge name in Finnish rock music, he is also a very prolific singer-songwriter that has covered rock, blues, country and other genres with success.

Trio Töykeät are the name to know in Finnish jazz.

A remarkable band of four women from Norway.

A relatively new electronic band consisting of Iain Cook, Martin Doherty and the main vocalist Lauren Mayberry.

This is kind of a funny entry since I'm usually not into this kind of radio pop, but for some reason Linnea's songs work for me.

AURORA, or Aurora Aksnes, is my latest discovery.

A Swedish folk duo consisting of two sisters, Johanna and Klara Söderberg.

To me, Bo Kasper (Bo Sundström) is the J.

EDIT 2015-11-17: I decided to split these up to different posts for easier referencing and easier updating later.

** UPDATE: ** I wrote a new post with newer and faster benchmarks.

So I went and ordered myself a new server.

Whatever you think of Internet scammers, they sure are inventive.

For some reason, while browsing the Interwebs, I stumbled upon Carolina Eyck, a German theremin player.

Last night, when I was supposed to go to bed early, I instead decided "I'll just quickly code that one thing".

I host IRC shells (user accounts with SSH access for IRC usage) for several of my friends.

If there's one thing I miss from the old pre-touchscreen phones we used to have, it's physical keyboards.

My wife just sent me an email that the TOHKBD I have been waiting for has finally arrived!

Spotted by my wife at Ideapark Lempäälä.

Update 2015-06-08: With the latest update, 1.1.6.27 Aaslakkajärvi, there's no longer need to do this from the command line.

What better way to spend a slow weekend than by writing another blog engine?

Unicode versions 7 and 8 have added many new emoji to the standard.

I love listening to music.

This advertisement has been paid for by the Travel & Tourism Board of Vanha-Juva.

Earlier this morning it was reported that Lenovo is installing adware to their new laptops.

I had some free time this weekend, so I decided to pick up on an old piece of code I wrote back when I started learning Elixir.