From 8b39882480cfa6bcba49e1476573907ac7c13d76 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Lemon Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 12:02:08 +0100 Subject: Adds a now page --- config.toml | 8 ++++++++ content/now/_index.md | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ content/stream/2024_05_20.md | 8 ++++++++ layouts/now/list.html | 6 ++++++ 4 files changed, 68 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/now/_index.md create mode 100644 content/stream/2024_05_20.md create mode 100644 layouts/now/list.html diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml index 3ae192f..f721b07 100644 --- a/config.toml +++ b/config.toml @@ -55,6 +55,14 @@ paginate = 10 url = "/about/" weight = 20 post = '| ' + + [[menu.main]] + identifier = "now" + name = "Now" + title = "now" + url = "/now/" + weight = 20 + post = '| ' [[menu.main]] identifier = "categories" diff --git a/content/now/_index.md b/content/now/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c1f4059 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/now/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +--- +title: "What I am doing now" +date: 20250520T1100 +draft: false +tags: ['now'] +--- + +**Updated**: 20 May 2024 + +### Writing Django applications again + +I forget how awesome [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) is, and Python in general. +For getting a project done, with the minimal amount of fuss, with everything you need built-in, Django is great. +My insatiable curiosity has taken me to [Rails](https://rubyonrails.org/) and [Go](https://go.dev) in recent times; the former to too magical and the latter too bare-bones. +Django is a great balance and I really love it. + +I am developing a basic e-commerce site for my awesomely talented wife, [Joanna Lemon](https://joannalemon.com). + +### Exploring self-built cloud infrastructure + +I've used Linux for years but only now getting a feel for what I want to use it for to build my personal cloud infrastructure. +I have a very modest home server running mostly [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) containers using [LXD](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/). +These provide various services to me and my family, such as [Adguard](https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html), [Radicale](https://radicale.org/v3.html), [Minecraft](https://www.minecraft.net/en-us), [Mumble](https://www.mumble.info/), [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/), [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) and [taskd](https://taskwarrior.org/docs/taskserver/why/) amongst a few other things. + +I have recently had to learn [OpenShift](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift) and I really dislike it. +Obviously, for big enterprise applications I appreciate the benefits but for me - for now - [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) containers feel like an additional layer of complexity that you still have to get through before the benefits are realised. +Certainly for doing projects at may scale. + +I want to do more hands-on work with PostgreSQL as part of this. + +I am also continually interested in the BSDs - [OpenBSD](https://www.openbsd.org/) and [FreeBSD](https://www.freebsd.org/) in particular - and want to make use of them where I can. + +### VMWare Workstation Pro + +A lot of people in the homelab/hacker space were no doubt excited to find out recently that VMWare Workstation Pro became free of charge. +It's not free/open source of course but in terms of performance, it is a lot better than [VirtualBox](https://www.virtualbox.org/) which I never really took to anyway, and [KVM](https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page). +Just starting to set up a playground for my networking aspirations using FreeBSD and [Devuan](https://www.devuan.org/). + +### Moved back to Spotify + +I'm generally wary of any kind of dependence on a cloud service but we tried [Amazon Prime Music Unlimited](https://www.amazon.co.uk/music/unlimited) recently when Spotify put their prices up. +A bit like with Django, sometimes you need to move away to realise how awesome the thing is you just left: Spotify's UI, music discovery, desktop and TUI application options and focus on music rather than trying to ram podcasts down your neck - is what was important. + +--- + +[This page is created under the wise instruction of [Derek Sivers](https://nownownow.com/about)....] diff --git a/content/stream/2024_05_20.md b/content/stream/2024_05_20.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9e8e57b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/stream/2024_05_20.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +title: "2024_05_20" +date: 2024-05-20T11:58:55+01:00 +draft: false +tags: ['hugo', 'now'] +--- + +I gave in and created a [now](https://yulqen.org/now) page. diff --git a/layouts/now/list.html b/layouts/now/list.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e6d4204 --- /dev/null +++ b/layouts/now/list.html @@ -0,0 +1,6 @@ +{{ define "main" }} +
+

{{ .Title }}

+ {{ .Content }} +
+{{ end }} -- cgit v1.2.3 From 9a5cad4c3763d58820bfa718d40ac15cbb56676d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matthew Lemon Date: Wed, 22 May 2024 11:07:57 +0100 Subject: Spelling and typo fixes --- content/now/_index.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/now/_index.md b/content/now/_index.md index c1f4059..825e3a1 100644 --- a/content/now/_index.md +++ b/content/now/_index.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ tags: ['now'] I forget how awesome [Django](https://www.djangoproject.com/) is, and Python in general. For getting a project done, with the minimal amount of fuss, with everything you need built-in, Django is great. -My insatiable curiosity has taken me to [Rails](https://rubyonrails.org/) and [Go](https://go.dev) in recent times; the former to too magical and the latter too bare-bones. +My insatiable curiosity has taken me to [Rails](https://rubyonrails.org/) and [Go](https://go.dev) in recent times; the former too magical and the latter too bare-bones (at least for web development). Django is a great balance and I really love it. I am developing a basic e-commerce site for my awesomely talented wife, [Joanna Lemon](https://joannalemon.com). @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ I've used Linux for years but only now getting a feel for what I want to use it I have a very modest home server running mostly [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) containers using [LXD](https://documentation.ubuntu.com/lxd/en/latest/). These provide various services to me and my family, such as [Adguard](https://adguard.com/en/welcome.html), [Radicale](https://radicale.org/v3.html), [Minecraft](https://www.minecraft.net/en-us), [Mumble](https://www.mumble.info/), [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/), [syncthing](https://syncthing.net/) and [taskd](https://taskwarrior.org/docs/taskserver/why/) amongst a few other things. -I have recently had to learn [OpenShift](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift) and I really dislike it. +I've recently had to learn [OpenShift](https://www.redhat.com/en/technologies/cloud-computing/openshift) and I really dislike it. Obviously, for big enterprise applications I appreciate the benefits but for me - for now - [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) containers feel like an additional layer of complexity that you still have to get through before the benefits are realised. Certainly for doing projects at may scale. -- cgit v1.2.3