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Universal U-shape series（17x8mm) → search muzata LU1 V-shape series（16x16mm) → search muzata LV1 Enlarged U-shape series → search muzata LU2 6.6 feet series → search muzata L2M Spotless neon series → search muzata LN1 High brightness series → search muzata LH1 Dual strip series → search muzata LD1

GrapheneOS is a nice project but I came close to switching away from it yesterday. I didn’t but here are the primary things that don’t work for me right now that made me want to switch: The way my employer uses Android for Work, for allowing access to corporate websites on mobile, doesn’t work because my phone complains “unknown OS”. (I’ve now asked the relevant team to add an exception for GrapheneOS but don’t have a lot of hope they will oblige.) Android Auto: Well, GrapheneOS apparently added support recently but still no luck. I reached out to them on Mastodon here - let’s see if they respond. Google Pay: I am okay with this though as the alternative, i.e. carrying a real credit card, isn’t too bad.

As of September 9, 2023: What VLAN IDs I use and for what purpose? #1: switch management. #10: WAN. #20: LAN. How is each port on my managed switch is configured? WAN - Ziply Fiber. LAN - goes to Proxmox Backup Server. LAN - goes to the router. (It has POE on that.) All - Proxmox. VLAN #1 to manage switch. IP address CIDRs: Home network: 10.0.1.1/24 Gateway/router: 10.0.1.1 IPv6 LAN: 2001:470:e81b:1::/64 See this on how I put Proxmox management interface on the LAN side. Earlier, this is how I had used “basic” mode to configure the switch. However, I’ve now moved to “advanced mode” as documented here. ...

I am currently reading the book, Die with Zero. Here are some key ideas that stood out: Most importantly, I realized that the experiences you can have depend on your age. In other words, there is an ideal age (or age range) for every experience. So, don’t miss that time window, even if it means spending more money than you are comfortable spending, because you may not be able to optimally have that experience later. Give inheritance to kids when the time is right for them and that could be when they are 28-35. That way, they can utilize it during their peak years.

While configuring my Proxmox Backup Server on my Proxmox server, I had to specify user credentials on how the latter will access the former. Now, I (naturally) didn’t want to use root credentials of PBS as-is for security reasons. In my first attempt a few months ago, I created a new user on PBS specifically for this purpose and threw away the password after the initial setup. Effectively, I used temporary credentials. ...

On 2023: Somewhere in the middle of the year, I was wondering how great it’d be if 2 things happened before the year closed: I got promoted to Principal Engineer and the US government approved my EB-1A petition for a green card. Both of these seemed tall order back then, primarily because many things were outside my control. However, quite incredibly, they both went through! We finally visited Europe. It was second time for me, albeit after almost 10 years, and first for wife and kiddo. We also traveled to Big Island, Hawaii. So, travel wise, we did good. I spent a lot of time on side projects, probably more than I should have. For instance, I improved my self-hosting setup, switch from iOS to GrapheneOS-on-Pixel and got started on smart home automation. I want to continue those things next year but through a better time-commitment routine. I am also grateful that everyone in family is healthy and doing well. Especially, the kiddo is groing up well. As for 2024: ...

https://sandstorm.de/de/blog/post/my-first-steps-with-nix-on-mac-osx-as-homebrew-replacement.html https://juliu.is/tidying-your-home-with-nix/ https://xeiaso.net//blog/nix-flakes-1-2022-02-21/ https://github.com/the-nix-way https://github.com/the-nix-way/nome https://nixos-and-flakes.thiscute.world/introduction/ Recipes: https://nixos.org/manual/nixos/stable/index.html Nice configs I could copy-paste from: List of configs, go crazy! https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Configuration_Collection https://github.com/dustinlyons/nixos-config Similar: https://github.com/MatthewCroughan/nixcfg https://github.com/Misterio77/nix-starter-configs https://gitlab.com/rprospero/dotfiles/-/blob/master/flake.nix - maybe simpler to follow. https://github.com/sdugre/nix - might be good too. https://github.com/fbegyn/nixos-configuration - pretty thorough. https://github.com/reckenrode/nixos-configs https://github.com/mitchellh/nixos-config - MacOS and Linux VMs. Seems to have a good mkSystem setup. https://github.com/borgmanJeremy/nix_config - another simple setup. Likely keeps system and home separate.

Sometime back, I was thinking of setting up a new home page for myself on the internet (and phase out this website). Here are some interesting tools that I found for that: https://john-doe.neocities.org/ https://github.com/cfenollosa/bashblog Seems to be more focused on proper blogs.

Just a few days back, I got worried about my gym habits: given I am lifting fairly heavy weights at an age of ~35, how badly could I injure myself, especially because I began serious lifting late in my life? Well, I injured my lower back today while squatting. It is painful but I am not sure how bad it really is - I think I’ll find that out by tomorrow. ...

BrainStation invited me as a guest: In terms of the content for the talk itself, the narrative would surround your overall career trajectory and life on the job as a Software Engineer. Attendees: ~20 professionals, who are about to embark on their journey into the world of software engineering, from BrainStation’s ongoing cohort in Vancouver. Where: Virtually, on Zoom. Recording: The talk wasn’t recorded. See slides here. The feedback later was positive: ...