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Xe is a treasure. This whole piece is a treasure. I will never read timer job without thinking "spicy cronjob" ever again. Anybody rig up anything weird on the

by kixiQu 4y ago

Xe is a treasure. This whole piece is a treasure. I will never read timer job without thinking "spicy cronjob" ever again. Anybody rig up anything weird on their deck yet?

geoffeg 4y ago
There are quite a few gems in the Tailscale blog. I've come back to their posts about NAT traversal (https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/ https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/) and how Tailscale works (https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/ https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/) a few times, not necessarily for the technical content but for how well they're written.
obowersa 4y ago
Not sure if it counts as weird, but I wrote some python code to use the steamdeck as a controller for my DJI Tello drone. It's been fun and I feel like I'm just scratching the surface of it
- kixiQu 4y ago
  ooh that's fun! makes so much sense for general purpose computer + controller controls.
xena 4y ago
Xe here! Fun fact: the original draft of that article went on a slight diatribe on what "spicy" means in that context. I think it was something like this: > When I add something to my daily notes, if it's most directly related to another thing then I will try to describe it as a "spicy" or "diet" version of that other thing. "Spicy" means that there were things added and "diet" means things were removed. A systemd timer is a spicy cronjob because you can do a lot more with it than cron can on its own. An OpenRC service is a diet systemd service because you can do a lot more with systemd than with OpenRC. Think about how to describe things you don't really understand like this in your notes. It will help you a lot.
- kixiQu 4y ago
  For some reason "spicy" also makes me think more opinionated? I like it. (There's also probably a place for "boneless skinless" in the arsenal somewhere)
JamesSwift 4y ago
> Xe is a treasure Its pretty crazy how frequently her personal blogs and company articles come up when I'm looking for answers the past several months. Sure, most of what I'm looking for is Nix related, but shes written (and recorded) a ton of useful material. Its saved me so much time / frustration. Thanks Xe!
- xena 4y ago
  You're welcome! I wish I could do more of this as my dayjob, but that's just not in the cards for now. Most of what I do now as devrel is things focused on Tailscale and doing the production work (writing, making slides, filming, compositing, editing and publishing) for whatever conference talks I get accepted to.

by kixiQu 4y ago

Xe is a treasure. This whole piece is a treasure. I will never read timer job without thinking "spicy cronjob" ever again. Anybody rig up anything weird on their deck yet?

geoffeg 4y ago

There are quite a few gems in the Tailscale blog. I've come back to their posts about NAT traversal (https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/ https://tailscale.com/blog/how-nat-traversal-works/) and how Tailscale works (https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/ https://tailscale.com/blog/how-tailscale-works/) a few times, not necessarily for the technical content but for how well they're written.

obowersa 4y ago

Not sure if it counts as weird, but I wrote some python code to use the steamdeck as a controller for my DJI Tello drone. It's been fun and I feel like I'm just scratching the surface of it

kixiQu 4y ago
ooh that's fun! makes so much sense for general purpose computer + controller controls.

xena 4y ago

Xe here! Fun fact: the original draft of that article went on a slight diatribe on what "spicy" means in that context. I think it was something like this: > When I add something to my daily notes, if it's most directly related to another thing then I will try to describe it as a "spicy" or "diet" version of that other thing. "Spicy" means that there were things added and "diet" means things were removed. A systemd timer is a spicy cronjob because you can do a lot more with it than cron can on its own. An OpenRC service is a diet systemd service because you can do a lot more with systemd than with OpenRC. Think about how to describe things you don't really understand like this in your notes. It will help you a lot.

kixiQu 4y ago
For some reason "spicy" also makes me think more opinionated? I like it. (There's also probably a place for "boneless skinless" in the arsenal somewhere)

JamesSwift 4y ago

> Xe is a treasure Its pretty crazy how frequently her personal blogs and company articles come up when I'm looking for answers the past several months. Sure, most of what I'm looking for is Nix related, but shes written (and recorded) a ton of useful material. Its saved me so much time / frustration. Thanks Xe!

xena 4y ago
You're welcome! I wish I could do more of this as my dayjob, but that's just not in the cards for now. Most of what I do now as devrel is things focused on Tailscale and doing the production work (writing, making slides, filming, compositing, editing and publishing) for whatever conference talks I get accepted to.