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Cake day: January 15th, 2021

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  • I did run docker, specifically the portainer interface, not just the docker itself. While it’s nice and easy to use, I felt like docker obscures things behind some abstractions, for example my native services store data simply as directories and files somewhere under /srv, while docker containers keep data somewhere in docker’s directory as some storage objects with randomly generated names.

    I also completely lost control of my firewall, for example if I can just run iptables and see exactly which ports do what, I can easily read and understand line by line each firewall rule, when I use docker containers it’s all some gibberish to me, ports get opened and closed and mapped to container ports (I guess) without me ever touching iptables, and I have no idea what is happening with my server anymore.

    So yes, I tried portainer and dropped it, if you do native packages and an android app in f-droid, let me know, I really like your project so far. I can even stand the docker thingy, but we need an android app with proper sync and caching, because not everyone has internet connection 24/7. We may want to run an app, sync with backend, then add entries during a flight. Browser won’t solve this.




  • I’m not sure RSS readers are supposed to solve your issue. They are readers — they allow you to read stuff you subscribed to.

    Discovering stuff you want to subscribe to is an entirely different task. Idk, try searching blogs or sites that interest you or ask others what they follow.

    If my RSS app would “suggest” me articles not from my feed I would uninstall it immediately.

    Inoreader might have something like that, probably that’s why I stopped using it.









  • This is an excellent answer and I wish I knew all of this when starting to use archlinux. “Arch does not support partial upgrades” is something you can read everywhere, but it’s rare to find such a good explanation of what exactly a partial upgrade is, and which commands lead to it.

    I only learned about all of this when I got into some broken state by randomly running pacman commands.

    Everyone, be like this guy. This guy explains stuff well. Newbies need stuff explained.








  • Sorry for being silly here, I’ve been kind of out of the loop with recent technology, what exactly is “passkeys”? I remember reading something when it was announcement, but all I saw was lots of buzzwords and vague “it’s new and it’s very good” claims.

    Is it like, an alternative authorization method? Is it a second factor after I type my login/password, or does it replace passwords? What does it look like, from users perspective?