HomelabOS v0.7 - 50+ new services! Release notes and installation video

Today we released v0.7 of HomelabOS! HomelabOS is an effort to make it as easy as possible for anyone to host their own cloud-style services, either at home, or on a server they control in the cloud. The goal is to provide a few simple commands to the user, and handle setting everything up for them as easily as possible. Since the last release we have added over 50 more services, for over 100 services total! Continue reading

Introducing tckr.html - A simple calculator strip. Like ticker tape, with variables.

I’ve been wanting a tool lately where it functions kind of like a blank text document, but when you type some math it actually evaluates the formula for you, letting you save the output for use in further equations. So, last night I built it over the course of maybe two hours. It’s simple. It does what it says on the box. It’s portable (just one .html file). It’s easy. Continue reading

HomelabOS v0.6 - Release Notes and Installation Video

Yesterday I released v0.6 of HomelabOS. HomelabOS is an effort to make it as easy as possible for anyone to host their own cloud-style services, either at home, or on a server they control in the cloud. The goal is to provide a few simple commands to the user, and handle setting everything up for them as easily as possible. It includes over 50 services that can be easily enabled, deployed, and backed up. Continue reading

Live on Twitch

I have recently begun streaming my open source work on Twitch.tv

It’s been fun so far getting to interact with the viewers via the chatroom, and nice to have scheduled, dedicated time to work on my various projects. It’s much harder to just open a new tab and start browsing HN when you have people watching you.

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tor_ssh.sh - One command to enable SSH access via Tor to any Ubuntu server.

At Grownetics we install onsite servers at our clients’ facilities so they can continue to use the system, even if their internet goes out. These servers have fail over connections, and may change connection at any time, and due to the onsite nature of things, we may not be able to have ports forwarded or expect there to be a static IP. In these cases a VPN is a nice thing to have, and we use Tinc for this. Continue reading

Simplest Journal Solution

This is my simple journal solution. Put the code belowe in your ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc Type a j from a terminal, type some notes, save and exit. The script creates a file in the format of ~/journal/2019/01-29.md and automatically pushes it to git. EDITOR=vim journal() { mkdir -p ~/journal/`date +%Y` $EDITOR ~/journal/`date +%Y`/`date +%m-%d.md` (cd ~/journal/; git pull; git add *; git commit -a -m "Update `date +%Y-%m-%d`"; git push) } alias j=journal Easy, simple, effective. Continue reading

Sniffing one's own farts: Moving from GitHub to Gitlab

I recently announced a new side project of mine, HomelabOS on Reddit.

There was a lot of great feedback, and then there was the hilarious comment in the screenshot.

oh god...one of those people that moved to gitlab to 'send a message'.

OP sounds like the kind of person that sniffs their own farts

While I do enjoy the occassional whiff of gourmet flatulence, I thought I would address my actual motivations behind moving my projects from GitHub to GitLab.

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