I don’t think I am the only one who creates a lot of ad-hoc Bash scripts and programs. Whether it be for work or for ourselves, they become part of our personal arsenal that assist with our tasks. When I begin creating a new Bash script, usually after noticing a pattern of frequent commands, I find myself beginning with the same boiler…
My journey playing with Safari’s bookmarks began unexpectedly trying to find an easy way to access Elixir module documentation. I keep a lot of docs stored locally and Elixir’s mix tool makes it easy to download and access. The problem is that I don’t want to always have to type a command in the terminal to launch it and navigating folders in the Finder feels cumbersome. I use bookmarks extensively and would like to simply have a folder of docs accessible in the browser. And so the adventure begins.
A few months ago I moved into a new home which meant having to re-setup all my home automation. One of the things which was going to be problematic was finding a way to control my new home’s existing air-conditioners. I also bit the bullet and opt to go the easy path of buying a couple Sensibo devices but the price was a major turn-off. At my previous home I had setup an ESP2088 as an RF controller to control my fans, doing the same for IR shouldn’t be much more difficult.
While in between jobs I decided to set myself some small goals to remain productive but also be able to deliver them. Usually when I begin a personal project I don’t even think how long it might take me to complete. This has lead me to take on very large projects with little to no chance of being in a usable state yet alone done. This time I took a different approach to only tackle small projects. This lead to actually accomplishing a complete rewrite of datemate and ilc, which I’ll talk about another time.
After several months of running my Dell PowerEdge R420 server a few nuances arose that began to irk me. In an impulsive decision, I decided to replace the behemoth of a home server with a much smaller and almost unnoticable Intel NUC.