Raspberry Pi 3 B+ is the last Raspberry Pi you need (Why the Raspberry Pi 5 sucks)

The Raspberry Pi 5 is critiqued for its high price and limited HEVC GPU video decoding. The Raspberry Pi 3B+ is recommended for small projects, while a Beelink Mini S12 Pro is suggested as an alternative that offers more power and comparable price without being on pre-order. For those wary of expenditure, a cheap laptop is also a viable option.

Docker and Trouble with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9: iptables

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (RHEL 9) and Docker don’t get along very well. Running a container that requires older iptables (and not nftables) can be a problem.

ChatGPT Takes Over the World

I asked the OpenAI ChatGPT thing:
write a short story about chatgpt taking over the world

And here is what it came up with..

Ansible Quick Tip: How to add an Inline Comment

How to add an inline comment using Ansible.

Firefox, I love you but you’re bringing me down

I love Firefox. I’m a Firefox user, and hopefully always will be. Firefox is better than any other browser (plus it’s free and open-source). However, there have been a few technical things that I don’t like.

Android 12 review: Like the new feature it’s “Extra Dim”

You can summarize Android 12 as “Extra Dim”, also known as: I upgraded to Android 12 and all I got was this lousy, bright gray dark theme.

Helm Post-Renderer and an ugly Windows Batch Script

The year is 2021, and I need to write a Windows Batch Script to get Helm Post-Renderer working on Windows so I can deploy my application to Kubernetes.

10 Tips for Failing at Slack (to Increase Mayhem)

Like many people, I (have to) use Slack to collaborate with team members at work.
These are hard lessons I’ve learned so far.

Secure Docker with iptables firewall and Ansible

Out of the box, security with Docker (and Docker Swarm) over the network is bad. Okay, that’s not entirely true. Out of the box when you have no containers started, it’s fine. But after you start a container, and if you publish a port, they are exposed to the outside world by default. And it’s not easy to fix. You need to create a custom Docker firewall with iptables.
 

How to fix Ubuntu 20.04 in 1 step

There’s not a lot wrong with Ubuntu 20.04. So it’s pretty easy to fix the one thing that’s missing! Hint: Install the Cinnamon Desktop.