Easy, secure API keys
I needed to add API key authentication to our work environment. I needed: I was able to use JWT tokens in a slightly clever way to make this happen. The best part is, there are ...
Technology
Computer technology/coding related articles
Automatic recovery using lvm-autosnap
TL;DR: https://github.com/intentionally-left-nil/lvm-autosnap Running linux is an adventure. About a year ago, I switched from MacOS to Ubuntu (eww snaps), then Fedora (fine), then Manjaro (yeah that was a mistake) until finally landing on the final ...
Go concurrency the right way (e.g. my way)
My take on go concurrency is that there are 3 things that matter, and we can create a robust pattern using … 3 technologies to help us out. None of this is really new, but ...
Introducing Async Service
Distributed tasks with Postgres & Rabbitmq TL;DR: Check out the code here At my workplace, we needed a mechanism to: Have service A tell service B to start executing long-running tasks, with notifications upon completion ...
Initramfs with systemd & LUKS
TL;DR My old boot process looks like this: UEFI (with secure boot on) systemd-boot unified kernel.efi (initramfs + kernel params + kernel all rolled into one efi and signed) initramfs (busybox) encrypt hook: detects that ...
Interfaces in golang
TL;DR: An interface just defines a collection of methods. When you create an instance, it’s just a wrapper around a concrete type. In addition to the concrete type, the interface contains an extra array of ...
Secure DNS
TL;DR: Use a VPN if you really care. Hey, you over there! Want to take something that works perfectly well and make it more complicated? Sure ya do! Oh, need a little more convincing? Okay ...
Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress (Part 3)
Part 1: WordPress hosting, docker stylePart 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker stylePart 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress Previously, we’ve covered terminating SSL connections and running cron jobs. Now it’s time to actually ...
Ad Blocking w/Raspberry Pi
I’ve used different technologies to block ads for a long time. I remember my first computer used Proxomitron to great success in the early web. (HTTPS wasn’t much of a thing back then which made ...
Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker style (Part 2)
Part 1: WordPress hosting, docker stylePart 2: Cron + LetsEncrypt, docker stylePart 3: Matching socks: Nginx + php = WordPress Today, I’m going to talk about running background jobs with docker. On a non-docker system, ...