In Part 1 I set up Headscale and had every tailnet client use Cloudflare DNS. That works, but it's leaving value on the table: every device that connects to my Tailscale gets whatever DNS servers I set, so I might as well run my own DNS server inside the private …

I had been hearing a lot of people raving about Tailscale as a solution for interconnecting devices, or in other words for creating your own mesh VPN. It does seem great on paper: easy to set up, fast and lightweight, based on an open protocol (WireGuard), works everywhere, solves the …

I use an OnlyKey as a hardware security device for a variety of purposes:

• Common passwords are one keypress away, they get typed automatically.
• As 2FA in my password manager (KeepassXC), by applying HMAC on the password.
• SSH connections.
• GPG encryption and signing.

SSH connections are handled through the …

I'm happy to announce the public availability of my Pelican theme: Reflex. It is published on PyPI, which should be the best way for most users to install it.

When I first started this blog I decided on Pelican because I had lots of experience with Python, so it would …

Those who have been paying attention to the blog know that I bought a house and have been planning its full renovation. As a computer nerd what excites me the most is the opportunity to implement my dream smart home, networking and home server.

I have a clear idea of …

Another year has passed, and what I originally didn't plan to turn into a tradition has become one I never miss: publishing my resolutions for the new year. I always fail at some of my resolutions, but I like the effort of reflection and keeping them in mind throughout the …

A while ago I switched to yadm for managing my dotfiles. One of its features I have been enjoying is its bootstrap support. I have been adding idempotent setup operations

My latest addition is a script that creates backup files with all installed OS packages. In case of disaster if …

My oldest daughter is turning 7 soon, and I have promised her a gift: her first computer. I'm secretly hoping that she will develop an interest in computing similar to my own. Not because I want to reproduce my childhood in her (although, of course, I would like to share …

We are about (okay come on, already past) halfway through the year, so it's a good time to assess progress on my resolutions for 2025.

A few days ago I received an email from a reader and fellow blogger, to let me know that he was following my blog and also gave me a shout out about my New Year's resolution to write at least one article every month of 2025, and that I was …