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September 9, 20261 min read

Notes on Simplicity

Simplicity isn't the absence of complexity. It's the result of understanding a problem well enough to solve it cleanly.

Opinion
September 9, 20261 min read

A Weekend with a Side Project

No stakeholders, no deadlines, no Jira tickets. Just you and a dumb idea that might turn into something.

Creativity
September 9, 20261 min read

Designing with Constraints

Limitations aren't obstacles to creativity. They're the structure that makes creativity possible.

Creativity
September 9, 20262 min read

Small Tools, Big Impact

The best developer tools do one thing well and get out of your way. A love letter to focused software.

Tools
September 9, 20262 min read

Learning in Public

Writing about what you're learning is the fastest way to find out what you don't actually understand.

Opinion
EmDash Editorial
September 9, 20261 min read

The Case for Static

Static sites aren't a step backwards. They're what you get when you take performance and simplicity seriously.

OpinionWeb Development
EmDash Editorial,Guest Contributor
September 9, 20261 min read

Building for the Long Term

The frameworks will change. The databases will change. What survives is the clarity of your thinking.

Opinion
averyfreeman
March 14, 20252 min read

Connecting to an old Unifi AP via SSH

averyfreeman
November 29, 20247 min read

Old Tech, New Tricks

averyfreeman
August 28, 20241 min read

`nerdctl`: NTT's Gift to Humanity?

averyfreeman
August 22, 20242 min read

Using VDO on Ubuntu

averyfreeman
August 18, 20244 min read

Finally, Decent Output From `Flatpak search -v` (updated to include `snap search` and conditionals)

averyfreeman
August 18, 20242 min read

The Power of `pv /dev/$DISK_DEVICE | zstd -0f > image.zst`

averyfreeman
August 17, 20246 min read

`quickemu` PPA Available on Launchpad

averyfreeman
August 15, 20242 min read

Suppress Irritating Warning Messages From `apt`

averyfreeman
August 13, 20248 min read

Getting Granular: `arch-install-scripts` and `debootstrap` used to install Ubuntu 26.04 Resolute Raccoon to Thin-LVM like the Archlinux install guide

averyfreeman
July 18, 20248 min read

Running an Arch Linux Router for About a Year

averyfreeman
July 18, 20245 min read

Quick On-The-Fly Batch Processing Using `for` Loop in `cmd` (Windows)

averyfreeman
July 16, 20248 min read

Physical to Virtual Machine Conversion with Virt-Manager Using Thin Volumes for Each VM (aka `Proxmox Style` NoCoW)

averyfreeman
July 16, 20242 min read

(very) Unscientific ZFS vs XFS + Thin LVM Benchmarks

averyfreeman
June 29, 20242 min read

Celebrate your Annual `Octocat Day`?

averyfreeman
June 15, 20244 min read

Have I really not written about `rsync`?

averyfreeman
June 13, 20247 min read

Benefactors, Meet Cartography: Using Public Disclosure Data for a Geospatial Graph with Python, Pandas, GeoPandas and Matplotlib

averyfreeman
May 31, 20246 min read

Arch Linux for Windows: Now available from the Microsoft Store

averyfreeman
May 29, 20245 min read

Using `grep` to focus only on that which is important

averyfreeman
May 24, 20243 min read

Outputting a list of variables to `json` or `yaml` using `column` and `goyq`

averyfreeman
May 24, 20242 min read

Using `obs` CLI controller with my new favorite mind-mapping software Obsidian - in a flatpak container

averyfreeman
May 17, 20242 min read

`rmw` - the trash-aware `rm` your CLI probably should've had by default

averyfreeman
March 24, 20247 min read

Bring Single-Meta-Keypress Overview Behavior to KDE6 (just like Gnome!) - and a bit on KDE configuration files...

averyfreeman
March 24, 20244 min read

Name Your Distro: Flatpaks irritatingly don't follow desktop theme (written specific to KDE / Plasma-Desktop 6)

averyfreeman
January 13, 20245 min read

Using the Projector & Connecting Projector to a Sound System

averyfreeman
January 13, 202411 min read

Mackie Onyx 8 Audio Mixer and Presonus AIR10 Powered Speakers

averyfreeman
January 13, 20247 min read

Using the Sound System in Plymouth Room

averyfreeman
November 24, 20224 min read

Windows Server Core: Setting a New IP Address For Your DC (including IPv6 & Client DNS)

averyfreeman
October 21, 20226 min read

Simple HTTP Server for sending local images to Rancher's Harvester HCI OS

averyfreeman
July 29, 20223 min read

Install Fedora 36 from RAW disk image on WSL - for free - by using WSL

averyfreeman
June 4, 20226 min read

Cheap 2U Case Survives Longer than Most Cockroaches, Morphing Several Times More than Caterpillar

averyfreeman
May 26, 20226 min read

Booting Fedora 36 on default btrfs partition structure from the grub prompt

averyfreeman
May 21, 20223 min read

VMware Upgrade renders Workstation 16.2.1 useless, thanks to Houdini-like disappearance of DLLs

averyfreeman
May 20, 20229 min read

Mount Ubuntu 22.04 ZFS partitions using live ISO for disaster recovery

averyfreeman
May 19, 20222 min read

dpdk 22.03 rpm packages for Fedora 36: a dependency of openvswitch

averyfreeman
December 24, 20213 min read

Run Windows Store (UWP) App on Startup - the EASY way

averyfreeman
December 23, 20211 min read

Recent posts to message boards

averyfreeman
August 24, 20212 min read

Do you use both Visual Studio Code and Sublime Text 3?

averyfreeman
June 5, 202114 min read

Creating a local HTTPS server for Create-React-App using nginx and certbot in WSL2: Works for BOTH npm start AND npm build

averyfreeman
June 5, 20215 min read

Easiest WSL2 Bridge Network (without Hyper-V Virtual Network Manager)

averyfreeman
May 6, 20213 min read

Fetch a file from a Clonezilla image without restoring to disk

averyfreeman
April 27, 20214 min read

Compiling and installing GitHub's Hub Utility in msys2

averyfreeman
April 26, 20215 min read

man command in Windows possible (?)

averyfreeman
April 21, 20214 min read

More ways to help Linux users hate Windows less

averyfreeman
April 6, 20216 min read

The GRUB prompt: Demystified

averyfreeman
April 6, 20213 min read

Easing pain of migration from Google Hangouts to Google Voice (as much as humanly possible)

averyfreeman
November 2, 20202 min read

PSA: Menus not staying open in Supermicro IPMI? Here's how to fix it:

averyfreeman
October 24, 20201 min read

Automate kernel module installations for VMware Workstation on your Linux distro

averyfreeman
October 20, 20202 min read

Solve "The system cannot find the file specified" error in VMware Workstation

averyfreeman
July 1, 20203 min read

PowerBash eases some discomfort of adjusting to PowerShell for Linux users

averyfreeman
June 27, 20203 min read

Add podman controller to cockpit on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

averyfreeman
June 10, 20202 min read

Getting touchpad scroll to work in VMWare Workstation

averyfreeman
June 7, 20204 min read

Building required VMWare Workstation Kernel Modules Ubuntu ** updated for Secure Boot **

averyfreeman
June 4, 20202 min read

ESXi 6.7 - Forcefully Removing a Phantom NFS Share

averyfreeman
January 25, 20204 min read

Building NetBSD pkgsrc on Ubuntu 19.10

averyfreeman
December 17, 20193 min read

Want BTRFS CoW snapshots but need to use Dropbox?

averyfreeman
December 17, 20192 min read

Quick and dirty SSH key for pfSense / OPNsense gateway

averyfreeman
August 19, 20193 min read

Tricks for Importing VMware Workstation VMDK to ESXi 6.7

averyfreeman
August 2, 20194 min read

Asrock J4105-ITX 16GB and 32GB memory configuration tests

averyfreeman
July 30, 20194 min read

Linux or MacOS lover, but have to use Windows?

averyfreeman
June 26, 201911 min read

Musings about Home CCTV setup, and a review of Anpviz 5MP@15FPS POE security camera

averyfreeman
June 1, 20194 min read

Using APFS features to migrate from a larger disk to a smaller one

averyfreeman
May 31, 20193 min read

Hello, banana!

averyfreeman
November 21, 20173 min read

Install Cinnamon 3.6.3 in CentOS 7.4 1708 using EPEL-Testing repo

averyfreeman
March 9, 20156 min read

Installing IceFilms (and other) Channel(s) on your Synology DiskStation Plex Media Server

averyfreeman
March 4, 20151 min read

Compiling Gnumeric on Mac OS 10.9.5

averyfreeman
February 15, 20151 min read

How to fix 3d rendering for a Windows guest in VMWare Workstation 11 Ubuntu 14.10 host

averyfreeman
January 13, 20153 min read

Switching from LXDE to LXQT in Lubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn

averyfreeman
February 1, 20123 min read

Burn AKAI format Sample CDs (SCD / AKAiSO) from images on a Mac - works with EMU, ROLAND, KURTZWEIL, etc. too!

averyfreeman
January 25, 20121 min read

Untitled

averyfreeman
January 25, 20121 min read

Using BinChunker to convert .BIN/.CUE CD/DVD images to .ISO on a Mac

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