Wandering Thoughts archives

2017-09-30:	The origin of POSIX as I learned the story (or mythology)
2017-09-29:	Shell builtin versions of standard commands have drawbacks More on systemd on Ubuntu 16.04 failing to reliably reboot some of our servers
2017-09-27:	Putting cron jobs into systemd user slices doesn't always work (on Ubuntu 16.04) ZFS's `recordsize`, holes in files, and partial blocks
2017-09-26:	Using `zdb` to peer into how ZFS stores files on disk
2017-09-25:	What I use printf for when hacking changes into programs
2017-09-24:	Reading code and seeing what you're biased to see, illustrated
2017-09-23:	A clever way of killing groups of processes
2017-09-22:	Using a watchdog timer in system shutdown with systemd (on Ubuntu 16.04)
2017-09-21:	My potential qualms about using Python 3 in projects
2017-09-20:	Wireless is now critical (network) infrastructure
2017-09-18:	Looking back at my mixed and complicated feelings about Solaris Sorting out the world of modern USB (at least a bit)
2017-09-17:	Why I didn't use the `attrs` module in a recent Python project
2017-09-15:	Ignoring the domain when authenticating your Dovecot users Firefox 57 and the state of old pre-WebExtensions addons
2017-09-14:	Sorting out systemd's `system.conf`, `user.conf`, and `logind.conf`
2017-09-13:	System shutdown is complicated and involves policy decisions
2017-09-12:	The different contexts of stopping a Unix daemon or service
2017-09-11:	Giving users what they want and expect, IMAP edition
2017-09-10:	I failed to notice when my network performance became terrible
2017-09-09:	Letting go of having an optical drive in my machine
2017-09-08:	My view of the problem with Extended Validation TLS certificates
2017-09-07:	Systemd, NFS mounts, and shutting down your system
2017-09-06:	Systemd on Ubuntu 16.04 can't (or won't) reliably reboot your server
2017-09-05:	If spam false positives are inevitable, should we handle them better?
2017-09-04:	The idea of 'spam levels' may be a copout
2017-09-03:	A fundamental limitation of systemd's per-user fair share scheduling
2017-09-02:	Putting cron jobs into systemd user slices

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