From a2f3245832307601c43a3760953653deb482f816 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Buetow Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2026 17:45:51 +0200 Subject: Update content for html --- about/resources.html | 203 +++++++++--------- .../2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.html | 2 +- ...2-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.html | 2 +- ...5-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html | 2 +- ...-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.html | 4 +- gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.html | 2 +- ...-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html | 2 +- .../2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html | 2 +- ...22-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.html | 2 +- .../2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.html | 2 +- ...-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.html | 24 +-- ...03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html | 2 +- ...4-01-never-split-the-difference-book-notes.html | 22 +- ...3-05-06-the-obstacle-is-the-way-book-notes.html | 22 +- ...17-career-guide-and-soft-skills-book-notes.html | 24 +-- gemfeed/2023-11-11-mind-management-book-notes.html | 22 +- .../2024-05-01-slow-productivity-book-notes.html | 22 +- ...2024-06-23-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux.html | 6 +- gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.html | 2 +- .../2024-07-07-the-stoic-challenge-book-notes.html | 24 +-- .../2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.html | 2 +- ...-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html | 22 +- ...4-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html | 2 +- .../2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.html | 8 +- ...5-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html | 2 +- gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html | 31 +-- ...rminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html | 6 +- ...6-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.html | 44 ++-- ...5-07-14-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-6.html | 8 +- ...5-10-02-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-7.html | 11 +- ...1-02-the-courage-to-be-disliked-book-notes.html | 22 +- ...5-12-07-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8.html | 9 +- ...026-01-01-posts-from-july-to-december-2025.html | 4 +- .../2026-01-01-using-supernote-nomad-offline.html | 2 +- gemfeed/DRAFT-distributed-systems-simulator.html | 4 +- .../DRAFT-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-8b.html | 9 +- gemfeed/DRAFT-helix-with-languagetool.html | 30 --- gemfeed/atom.xml | 235 +++++++++++---------- index.html | 2 +- notes/a-monks-guide-to-happiness.html | 44 ++-- notes/career-guide-and-soft-skills.html | 24 +-- notes/mind-management.html | 22 +- notes/never-split-the-difference.html | 22 +- notes/slow-productivity.html | 22 +- notes/staff-engineer.html | 22 +- notes/the-courage-to-be-disliked.html | 22 +- notes/the-obstacle-is-the-way.html | 22 +- notes/the-pragmatic-programmer.html | 24 +-- notes/the-stoic-challenge.html | 24 +-- notes/when.html | 31 +-- uptime-stats.html | 138 ++++++------ 56 files changed, 629 insertions(+), 644 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 gemfeed/DRAFT-helix-with-languagetool.html diff --git a/about/resources.html b/about/resources.html index 00f7194c..2914fc2f 100644 --- a/about/resources.html +++ b/about/resources.html @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
  • ⇢ ⇢ Podcasts I liked
  • ⇢ Newsletters I like
  • ⇢ Magazines I like(d)
    • +
  • ⇢ YouTube channels
  • Formal education

    • Technical books


    @@ -50,112 +51,112 @@ In random order:


    Technical references



    I didn't read them from the beginning to the end, but I am using them to look up things. The books are in random order:


    Self-development and soft-skills books



    In random order:


    Here are notes of mine for some of the books

    @@ -164,30 +165,30 @@ Some of these were in-person with exams; others were online learning lectures only. In random order:


    Technical guides



    These are not whole books, but guides (smaller or larger) which I found very useful. in random order:


    Podcasts


    @@ -197,50 +198,50 @@ In random order:


    Podcasts I liked



    I liked them but am not listening to them anymore. The podcasts have either "finished" (no more episodes) or I stopped listening to them due to time constraints or a shift in my interests.


    Newsletters I like



    This is a mix of tech and non-tech newsletters I am subscribed to. In random order:


    Magazines I like(d)


    @@ -248,10 +249,16 @@ This is a mix of tech I like(d). I may not be a current subscriber, but now and then, I buy an issue. In random order:


    +

    YouTube channels


    +
    +

    Formal education



    diff --git a/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.html b/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.html index e7500d28..372c9d53 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.html +++ b/gemfeed/2010-05-09-the-fype-programming-language.html @@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ until <expression> { <statements> }

    Scopes



    -A new scope starts with an { and ends with an }. An exception is a procedure, which does not use its own scope (see later in this manual). Control statements and functions support scopes. The "scope" function prints out all available symbols at the current scope. Here is a small example:
    +A new scope starts with an { and ends with an }. An exception is a procedure, which does not use its own scope (see later in this manual). Control statements and functions support scopes. The "scope" function prints out all available symbols at the current scope. Here is a small example:

     my foo = 1;
diff --git a/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.html b/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.html
index 4ff2559f..9d537d43 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2015-12-05-run-debian-on-your-phone-with-debroid.html
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ chmod +x /data/local/userinit.sh
 exit

    -Reboot & test! Enjoy!
    +Reboot & test! Enjoy!

    E-Mail your comments to paul@nospam.buetow.org :-)

    diff --git a/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.html b/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.html index 14e83dd5..39f6caf9 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.html +++ b/gemfeed/2016-04-03-offsite-backup-with-zfs.html @@ -45,7 +45,7 @@

    Storing it at my apartment is not enough



    -Now I am thinking about an offsite backup of all this local data. The problem is that all the data remains on a single physical location: My local MicroServer. What happens when the house burns or my server, including the internal disks and the attached USB drives, gets stolen? My first thought was to back up everything to the "cloud". However, the significant issue here is the limited amount of available upload bandwidth (only 1MBit/s).
    +Now I am thinking about an offsite backup of all this local data. The problem is that all the data remains on a single physical location: My local MicroServer. What happens when the house burns or my server, including the internal disks and the attached USB drives, gets stolen? My first thought was to back up everything to the "cloud". However, the significant issue here is the limited amount of available upload bandwidth (only 1MBit/s).

    The solution is adding another USB drive (2TB) with an encryption container (GELI) and a ZFS pool. The GELI encryption requires a secret key and a secret passphrase. I am updating the data to that drive once every three months (my calendar is reminding me about it), and afterwards, I keep that drive at a secret location outside of my apartment. All the information needed to decrypt (mounting the GELI container) is stored at another (secure) place. Key and passphrase are kept at different sites, though. Even if someone knew of it, he would not be able to decrypt it as some additional insider knowledge would be required as well.

    diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html index 45f35835..926335cd 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-06-05-gemtexter-one-bash-script-to-rule-it-all.html @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
    ShellCheck, a shell script analysis tool written in Haskell, is run on Gemtexter ensuring that all code is acceptable. I am pretty impressed with what ShellCheck found.

    -It, for example, detected "some_command | while read var; do ...; done" loops and hinted that these create a new subprocess for the while part. The result is that all variable modifications taking place in the while-subprocess won't reflect the primary Bash process. ShellSheck then recommended rewriting the loop so that no subprocess is spawned as "while read -r var; do ...; done < <(some_command)". ShellCheck also pointed out to add a "-r" to "read"; otherwise, there could be an issue with backspaces in the loop data.
    +It, for example, detected "some_command | while read var; do ...; done" loops and hinted that these create a new subprocess for the while part. The result is that all variable modifications taking place in the while-subprocess won't reflect the primary Bash process. ShellSheck then recommended rewriting the loop so that no subprocess is spawned as "while read -r var; do ...; done < <(some_command)". ShellCheck also pointed out to add a "-r" to "read"; otherwise, there could be an issue with backspaces in the loop data.

    Furthermore, ShellCheck recommended many more improvements. Declaration of unused variables and missing variable and string quotations were the most common ones. ShellSheck immensely helped to improve the robustness of the script.

    diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.html b/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.html index 9b544808..fe745a70 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-08-01-on-being-pedantic-about-open-source.html @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
    One benefit of using open-source software is that it doesn't cost anything, right? That's correct in many cases. However, in some cases you still need to spend a significant amount of time configuring the software to work for you. It will be more expensive to use open-source software than proprietary commercial one if you aren't careful.

    -Not to say that I haven't seen the same effect with commercial software where people had to, after buying it, put a bunch of effort to make it work due to the lack of quality or due to high complexity. But that's either bad luck or bad decision-making. Most commercial providers I have worked with try to make it work for you, so you also will buy other products and services from them later on and don't lose you as a happy customer.
    +Not to say that I haven't seen the same effect with commercial software where people had to, after buying it, put a bunch of effort to make it work due to the lack of quality or due to high complexity. But that's either bad luck or bad decision-making. Most commercial providers I have worked with try to make it work for you, so you also will buy other products and services from them later on and don't lose you as a happy customer.

    Commercial providers



    diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.html b/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.html index 1ea5ca07..a11eea9a 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-09-12-keep-it-simple-and-stupid.html @@ -64,7 +64,7 @@

    On Kubernetes



    -Now have a look at Kubernetes (k8s), the current trendy infrastructure thing to use nowadays. Of course, there are many benefits of using k8s (auto-scaling, reproducible deployments, dynamic resource allocation and resource sharing, saving of hardware costs, good commercial for potential employees as it is the current hot sauce of infrastructure). But all of this also comes with costs: You need experts operating the k8s cluster (or you need to pay extra for a managed cluster in the cloud), increased complexity of the system (k8s comes with a steep learning curve). The latter not only applies to the engineers managing the k8s cluster - it also applies to the software engineers, who now have to develop 'cloud native' applications and, therefore, have to change how they developed software how they used to. They all need to be re-educated on what cloud-native means, and they also need to understand the key concepts of k8s for writing optimal software for it.
    +Now have a look at Kubernetes (k8s), the current trendy infrastructure thing to use nowadays. Of course, there are many benefits of using k8s (auto-scaling, reproducible deployments, dynamic resource allocation and resource sharing, saving of hardware costs, good commercial for potential employees as it is the current hot sauce of infrastructure). But all of this also comes with costs: You need experts operating the k8s cluster (or you need to pay extra for a managed cluster in the cloud), increased complexity of the system (k8s comes with a steep learning curve). The latter not only applies to the engineers managing the k8s cluster - it also applies to the software engineers, who now have to develop 'cloud native' applications and, therefore, have to change how they developed software how they used to. They all need to be re-educated on what cloud-native means, and they also need to understand the key concepts of k8s for writing optimal software for it.

    The younger generation of IT professionals



    @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@

    The power of plain text files



    -Speaking of file formats, never underestimate the power of plain text files. Plain text files don't require any special software to be opened, and they outlive the software which created them in the first place. You will still be able to read a plain text file on a modern computer system ten (or twenty) years from now, but you probably won't be able to read such an old version of an Adobe Photoshop image file if the software required for reading that format isn't supported anymore and doesn't run anymore on modern computers.
    +Speaking of file formats, never underestimate the power of plain text files. Plain text files don't require any special software to be opened, and they outlive the software which created them in the first place. You will still be able to read a plain text file on a modern computer system ten (or twenty) years from now, but you probably won't be able to read such an old version of an Adobe Photoshop image file if the software required for reading that format isn't supported anymore and doesn't run anymore on modern computers.

    KISS for programmers



    diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.html b/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.html index 9922e615..e9689033 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-10-22-defensive-devops.html @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
    You probably won't have time for writing unit tests. But what you can do is to pedantically test your code manually. But you have to do the testing on a production machine. So how can you test your code in production without causing more damage?

    -Your script should be idempotent. This means you can run it infinite times in a row, and you will always get the same result. For example, in the first run of the script, a file A get's renamed to A.backup. The second time you run the script, it attempts to do the same, but it recognises that A has already been renamed to A.backup and then it is skipping that step. This is very helpful for manually testing, as it means that you can re-run the script every time you extended it. You should dry-run the script at least once before running it for real. You can apply the same principle for almost all features you add to the code.
    +Your script should be idempotent. This means you can run it infinite times in a row, and you will always get the same result. For example, in the first run of the script, a file A get's renamed to A.backup. The second time you run the script, it attempts to do the same, but it recognises that A has already been renamed to A.backup and then it is skipping that step. This is very helpful for manually testing, as it means that you can re-run the script every time you extended it. You should dry-run the script at least once before running it for real. You can apply the same principle for almost all features you add to the code.

    You may also want to inject manual negative testing into your script. For example, you want to run a particular function F in your script but only if a certain pre-condition is met, and you want to ensure that the code branching works as expected. The pre-condition check could be pretty complex (e.g. N log messages containing a specific warning string are found in the applications logs, but only on the cluster leader server). You can flip the switch directly in the code manually (e.g. run F only, when the pre-condition isn't met) and then perform a dry run of the script and study the output. Once done, flip the switch back to its correct configuration. For double insurance, test the same on a different server type (e.g. on a follower and not on a leader system).

    diff --git a/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.html b/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.html index 79a88e38..05f4bad7 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.html +++ b/gemfeed/2021-12-26-how-to-stay-sane-as-a-devops-person.html @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
    If the request is urgent, and you have the capacity to help, probably you should help. If it's not urgent, maybe ask to pospone the request (e.g. ask to create a ticket, so that someone from your team can work on it later).

    -If the request is urgent, but you don't have the knowledge or the capacity to help, try to defer to a colleague who might be able to help. You could also provide some quick tips and hints, so that the requester can resolve the issue by himself. Make it transparent why you might not have the time right now, as this can help the person to review his own priorities or to escalate.
    +If the request is urgent, but you don't have the knowledge or the capacity to help, try to defer to a colleague who might be able to help. You could also provide some quick tips and hints, so that the requester can resolve the issue by himself. Make it transparent why you might not have the time right now, as this can help the person to review his own priorities or to escalate.

    Escalation is only a tool



    diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html index 07335dbf..b8c77be3 100644 --- a/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html +++ b/gemfeed/2022-01-01-bash-golf-part-2.html @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ Second line: for Great Good -e Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status.
    -As you can see in the following example, the Bash terminates after the execution of "grep" as "foo" is not matching "bar". Therefore, grep exits with 1 (unsuccessfully) and the shell aborts. And therefore, "bar" will not be printed out anymore:
    +As you can see in the following example, the Bash terminates after the execution of "grep" as "foo" is not matching "bar". Therefore, grep exits with 1 (unsuccessfully) and the shell aborts. And therefore, "bar" will not be printed out anymore:

     ❯ bash -c 'set -e; echo hello; grep -q bar <<< foo; echo bar'
diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html
index cd17d661..a549863e 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2022-05-27-perl-is-still-a-great-choice.html
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
 The OpenBSD Operating System
    
 Why does OpenBSD still include Perl in its base installation?
    
 
    
-The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas use strict;,  use warnings;, use signatures; and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) reputation.
    
+The renaming of Perl 6 to Raku has now opened the door for a future Perl 7. As far as I understand, Perl 7 will be Perl 5 but with modern features enabled by default (e.g. pragmas use strict;, use warnings;, use signatures; and so on. Also, the hope is that a Perl 7 with modern standards will attract more beginners. There aren't many Perl jobs out there nowadays. That's mostly due to Perl's bad (bad for no real reasons) reputation.
    
 
    
 Update 2022-12-10: A reader pointed out, that use v5.36; already turns strict, warnings and signatures pragmas automatically on! 
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html b/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html
index 2b36caac..fdb7d474 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2022-12-24-ultrarelearning-java-my-takeaways.html
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 
    
 
    Took ownership of a roadmap-Java project

    
 
    
-Besides my Pet Project, I also took ownership of a regular roadmap Java project at work, making an internal Java service capable of running in  Kubernetes. This was a bunch of minor changes and adding a bunch of classes and unit tests dealing with the statelessness and a persistent job queue in Redis. The job also involved reading and understanding a lot of already existing Java code. It wasn't part of my job description, but it was fun, and I learned a lot. The service runs smoothly in production now. Of course, all of my code got reviewed by my Software Engineering colleagues.
    
+Besides my Pet Project, I also took ownership of a regular roadmap Java project at work, making an internal Java service capable of running in Kubernetes. This was a bunch of minor changes and adding a bunch of classes and unit tests dealing with the statelessness and a persistent job queue in Redis. The job also involved reading and understanding a lot of already existing Java code. It wasn't part of my job description, but it was fun, and I learned a lot. The service runs smoothly in production now. Of course, all of my code got reviewed by my Software Engineering colleagues.
    
 
    
 
    The good

    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.html b/gemfeed/2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.html
index 84ee68df..4b326b94 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-01-23-why-grapheneos-rox.html
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Art by Joan Stark
 Ubuntu Touch
    
 More Linux distributions for mobile devices 
    
 
    
-But here, Google Play would not be sandboxed; you could not configure individual network permissions and storage scopes like in GrapheneOS. Pure Linux-compatible phones usually come with a crappy camera, and the battery life is generally pretty bad (only a few hours). Also, no big tech company pushes the development of Linux phones. Everything relies on hobbyists, whereas multiple big tech companies put a lot of effort into the Android project, and a lot of code also goes into the Android Open-Source project.  
    
+But here, Google Play would not be sandboxed; you could not configure individual network permissions and storage scopes like in GrapheneOS. Pure Linux-compatible phones usually come with a crappy camera, and the battery life is generally pretty bad (only a few hours). Also, no big tech company pushes the development of Linux phones. Everything relies on hobbyists, whereas multiple big tech companies put a lot of effort into the Android project, and a lot of code also goes into the Android Open-Source project. 
    
 
    
 Currently, pure Linux phones are only a nice toy to tinker with but are still not ready (will they ever?) to be the daily driver. SailfishOS may be an exception; I played around with it in the past. It is pretty usable, but it's not an option for me as it is partial a proprietary operating system.
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.html b/gemfeed/2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.html
index b99d48f3..0b0b8854 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-02-26-how-to-shut-down-after-work.html
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 
  • Think of or work on that fun passion project. I currently, for example, like to learn and code a bit in Rakulang. 
    • 
 
  • Read. Nothing beats reading a good Science Fiction Novel (or whatever you prefer) before falling asleep.
    • 
 
    
-Some of these can be habit-stacked: Exercise could be combined with watching videos about your passion project (e.g. watching lectures about that new programming language you are currently learning for fun). With walking, for example, you could combine listening to an Audiobook or music, or you could also think about your passion project during that walk.  
    
+Some of these can be habit-stacked: Exercise could be combined with watching videos about your passion project (e.g. watching lectures about that new programming language you are currently learning for fun). With walking, for example, you could combine listening to an Audiobook or music, or you could also think about your passion project during that walk. 
    
 
    
 
    Get a pet

    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.html b/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.html
index 3683799f..418ee711 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-03-16-the-pragmatic-programmer-book-notes.html
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
    
 How to motivate others to contribute something (e.g. ideas to a startup):
    
 
    
-A kindly, old stranger was walking through the land when he came upon a village. As he entered, the villagers moved towards their homes, locking doors and windows. The stranger smiled and asked, why are you all so frightened. I am a simple traveler, looking for a soft place to stay for the night and a warm place for a meal. "There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "We are weak and our children are starving. Better keep moving on." "Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron cauldron from his cloak, filled it with water, and began to build a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a silken bag and dropped it into the water. By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come out of their homes or watched from their windows. As the stranger sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their fear. "Ahh," the stranger said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage -- that's hard to beat." Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a small cabbage he'd retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. "Wonderful!!" cried the stranger. "You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king." The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . .  And so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for everyone in the village to share. The village elder offered the stranger a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell it and traveled on the next day. As he left, the stranger came upon a group of village children standing near the road. He gave the silken bag containing the stone to the youngest child, whispering to a group, "It was not the stone, but the villagers that had performed the magic." 
    
+A kindly, old stranger was walking through the land when he came upon a village. As he entered, the villagers moved towards their homes, locking doors and windows. The stranger smiled and asked, why are you all so frightened. I am a simple traveler, looking for a soft place to stay for the night and a warm place for a meal. "There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "We are weak and our children are starving. Better keep moving on." "Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron cauldron from his cloak, filled it with water, and began to build a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a silken bag and dropped it into the water. By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come out of their homes or watched from their windows. As the stranger sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their fear. "Ahh," the stranger said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage -- that's hard to beat." Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a small cabbage he'd retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. "Wonderful!!" cried the stranger. "You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king." The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . . And so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for everyone in the village to share. The village elder offered the stranger a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell it and traveled on the next day. As he left, the stranger came upon a group of village children standing near the road. He gave the silken bag containing the stone to the youngest child, whispering to a group, "It was not the stone, but the villagers that had performed the magic." 
    
 
    
 By working together, everyone contributes what they can, achieving a greater good together.
    
 
    
@@ -98,17 +98,17 @@
 
    
 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
 
    
 Back to the main site
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html b/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html
index eaa49b03..57582782 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2023-03-25-gemtexter-2.0.0-lets-gemtext-again-2.html
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite -->
 The remaining content of the Gemtext file...

    -Gemtexter will add a line starting with > Published at ... now. Any subsequent Atom feed generation will then use that date.
    +Gemtexter will add a line starting with > Published at ... now. Any subsequent Atom feed generation will then use that date.



    This is the function definition behind the tssh alias:

    @@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ $ tssh manyservers.txt
    Once I have identified the terminal text to be copied, I enter visual select mode with v, highlight all the text to be copied (using arrow keys or Vi motions), and press y to yank it (sorry if this all sounds a bit complicated, but Vim/NeoVim users will know this, as it is pretty much how you do it there as well).

    -For v and y to work, the following has to be added to the Tmux configuration file:
    +For v and y to work, the following has to be added to the Tmux configuration file: 

     bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v' send -X begin-selection
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.html b/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.html
index 29cdf140..9645d261 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-07-05-random-weird-things.html
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ traceroute to bad.horse (162.252.
    
+These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. 
    
 
    
 
              ,..........   ..........,
@@ -73,17 +73,17 @@
 
    
 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
 Back to the main site
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.html b/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.html
index 446a1ff3..669d37a4 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-08-05-typing-127.1-words-per-minute.html
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 
    
 As mentioned, the Kinesis is a great keyboard, but it is not meant for travel.
    
 
    
-I guess keyboards will always be my expensive hobby, so I also purchased another ergonomic, ortho-linear, concave split keyboard, the Glove80 (with the Red Pro low-profile switches). This keyboard is much lighter and, in my opinion, much better suited for travel than the Kinesis. It also comes with a great travel case.  
    
+I guess keyboards will always be my expensive hobby, so I also purchased another ergonomic, ortho-linear, concave split keyboard, the Glove80 (with the Red Pro low-profile switches). This keyboard is much lighter and, in my opinion, much better suited for travel than the Kinesis. It also comes with a great travel case. 
    
 
    
 Here is a photo of me using it with my Surface Go 2 (it runs Linux, by the way) while waiting for the baggage drop at the airport:
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.html b/gemfeed/2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.html
index 85d54357..a3980380 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-09-07-site-reliability-engineering-part-4.html
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jgs \\`_..---.Y.---.._`//
 
    
 Comprehensive Runbooks: We created 64 runbooks (by the time writing this probably more than 100) that are composable like Lego bricks. Each runbook covers a specific scenario and guides the engineer step-by-step to resolution. Pairing these with monitoring alerts linked directly to Confluence docs, and from there to the respective runbooks, ensures every alert can be navigated with ease (well, there are always exceptions to the rule...).
    
 
    
-Self-Sufficiency & Confidence Building:  With all these resources at their fingertips, our on-call engineers become self-sufficient for most of the common issues they'll face (new starters can now handle around 80% of the most common issue after 6 weeks they had joined the company). This boosts their confidence and ensures they can handle Tier-1 incidents independently.
    
+Self-Sufficiency & Confidence Building: With all these resources at their fingertips, our on-call engineers become self-sufficient for most of the common issues they'll face (new starters can now handle around 80% of the most common issue after 6 weeks they had joined the company). This boosts their confidence and ensures they can handle Tier-1 incidents independently.
    
 
    
 Documentation and Feedback Loop: Continuous improvement is key. We regularly update our documentation based on feedback from the engineers. This makes our process even more robust and user-friendly.
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html b/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html
index 18eaa522..94037125 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-10-24-staff-engineer-book-notes.html
@@ -138,17 +138,17 @@
 
    
 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
 Back to the main site
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html
index 32e73b23..5578fbf1 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2024-12-03-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-2.html
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 
  • 500 GB M.2 SSD, with the option to install a 2nd 2.5 SSD drive (which I want to make use of later in this blog series).
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  • GBit ethernet
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  • Four USB 3.2 Gen2 ports (maybe I want to mount something externally at some point)
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-
  • Dimensions and weight:  115*102*39mm, 280g
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+
  • Dimensions and weight: 115*102*39mm, 280g
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  • Silent cooling system.
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  • HDMI output (needed only for the initial installation and maybe for troubleshooting later)
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diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.html b/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.html
index eb49ff79..4658e48b 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-01-15-working-with-an-sre-interview.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
    
 Published at 2025-01-15T00:16:04+02:00
    
 
    
-I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on cracking-ai-engineering.com  about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
    
+I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on cracking-ai-engineering.com about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
    
 
    
 See original interview here
    
 Cracking AI Engineering
    
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 
    
 What are the differences between SRE, DevOps, SysAdmin, and Architects?
    
 
    
-SREs are like the next step after SysAdmins. A SysAdmin might manually install servers, replace disks, or use simple scripts for automation, while SREs use infrastructure as code and focus on reliability through SLIs, SLOs, and automation. DevOps isn’t really a job-it’s more of a way of working, where developers are involved in operations tasks like setting up CI/CD pipelines or on-call shifts. Architects focus on designing systems and infrastructures, such as load balancers or distributed systems, working alongside SREs to ensure the systems meet the reliability and scalability requirements. The specific responsibilities of each role depend on the company, and there is often overlap.  
    
+SREs are like the next step after SysAdmins. A SysAdmin might manually install servers, replace disks, or use simple scripts for automation, while SREs use infrastructure as code and focus on reliability through SLIs, SLOs, and automation. DevOps isn’t really a job-it’s more of a way of working, where developers are involved in operations tasks like setting up CI/CD pipelines or on-call shifts. Architects focus on designing systems and infrastructures, such as load balancers or distributed systems, working alongside SREs to ensure the systems meet the reliability and scalability requirements. The specific responsibilities of each role depend on the company, and there is often overlap. 
    
 
    
 What are the most important reliability lessons you’ve learned so far?
    
 
    
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
 
    
 When should you decide to put something into a runbook, and when is it unnecessary?
    
 
    
-If an issue happens frequently, it should be documented in a runbook so that anyone, even someone new, can follow the steps to fix it. The idea is that 90% of the common incidents should be covered. For example, if a service is down, the runbook would specify where to find logs, which commands to check, and what actions to take. On the other hand, rare or complex issues, where the resolution depends heavily on context or varies each time, don’t make sense to include in detail. For those, it’s better to focus on general troubleshooting steps.  
    
+If an issue happens frequently, it should be documented in a runbook so that anyone, even someone new, can follow the steps to fix it. The idea is that 90% of the common incidents should be covered. For example, if a service is down, the runbook would specify where to find logs, which commands to check, and what actions to take. On the other hand, rare or complex issues, where the resolution depends heavily on context or varies each time, don’t make sense to include in detail. For those, it’s better to focus on general troubleshooting steps. 
    
 
    
 How do you search for and find the correct runbooks?
    
 
    
-Runbooks should be linked directly in the alert you receive. For example, if you get an alert about a service not running, the alert will have a link to the runbook that tells you what to check, like logs or commands to run. Runbooks are best stored in an internal wiki, so if you don’t find the link in the alert, you know where to search. The important thing is that runbooks are easy to find and up to date because that’s what makes them useful during incidents.  
    
+Runbooks should be linked directly in the alert you receive. For example, if you get an alert about a service not running, the alert will have a link to the runbook that tells you what to check, like logs or commands to run. Runbooks are best stored in an internal wiki, so if you don’t find the link in the alert, you know where to search. The important thing is that runbooks are easy to find and up to date because that’s what makes them useful during incidents. 
    
 
    
 Do you have an interesting war story you can share with us?
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html b/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html
index aad65382..0a87081a 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-04-05-f3s-kubernetes-with-freebsd-part-4.html
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ END
 
    
 
    Permitting root login

    
 
    
-As these VMs aren't directly reachable via SSH from the internet, we enable  root login by adding a line with PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/sshd/sshd_config.
    
+As these VMs aren't directly reachable via SSH from the internet, we enable root login by adding a line with PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/sshd/sshd_config.
    
 
    
 Once done, we reboot the VM by running reboot inside the VM to test whether everything was configured and persisted correctly.
    
 
    
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html b/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html
index 1aae7003..9fed5290 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-04-19-when-book-notes.html
@@ -98,10 +98,11 @@ __ejm\___/________dwb`---`______________________
 
    
 
    Final Impressions

    
 
    
-- The concluding experience of a vacation significantly influences overall memories.
    
-- Restaurant reviews often hinge on the end of the visit, highlighting extras like wrong bills or additional desserts.
    
-- Considering one's older future self can motivate improvements in the present.
    
-
    
+
      
+
    • The concluding experience of a vacation significantly influences overall memories.
      • 
+
    • Restaurant reviews often hinge on the end of the visit, highlighting extras like wrong bills or additional desserts.
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+
    • Considering one's older future self can motivate improvements in the present.
      • 
+

    
 
    The Midlife U Curve

    
 
    
 Life satisfaction tends to dip in midlife, around the forties, but increases around age 54.
    
@@ -118,17 +119,17 @@ __ejm\___/________dwb`---`______________________
 
    
 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html b/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html
index 4e43314c..e179bd90 100644
--- a/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html
+++ b/gemfeed/2025-05-02-terminal-multiplexing-with-tmux-fish-edition.html
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 
    
 https://pragprog.com/titles/bhtmux2/tmux-2/
    
 
    
-Over the years, I have built a couple of shell helper functions to optimize my workflows.  Tmux is extensively integrated into my daily workflows (personal and work). I had colleagues asking me about my Tmux config and helper scripts for Tmux several times. It would be neat to blog about it so that everyone interested in it can make a copy of my configuration and scripts.
    
+Over the years, I have built a couple of shell helper functions to optimize my workflows. Tmux is extensively integrated into my daily workflows (personal and work). I had colleagues asking me about my Tmux config and helper scripts for Tmux several times. It would be neat to blog about it so that everyone interested in it can make a copy of my configuration and scripts.
    
 
    
 The configuration and scripts in this blog post are only the non-work-specific parts. There are more helper scripts, which I only use for work (and aren't really useful outside of work due to the way servers and clusters are structured there).
    
 
    
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    • ...the first argument will be the session name (see tmux::tssh_from_argument helper function), and all remaining arguments will be server hostnames/FQDNs to connect to simultaneously.
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-
    • ...or, the first argument is a file name, and the file contains a list of hostnames/FQDNs  (see tmux::ssh_from_file helper function)
      • 
+
    • ...or, the first argument is a file name, and the file contains a list of hostnames/FQDNs (see tmux::ssh_from_file helper function)
      • 
 

    
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 Once I have identified the terminal text to be copied, I enter visual select mode with v, highlight all the text to be copied (using arrow keys or Vi motions), and press y to yank it (sorry if this all sounds a bit complicated, but Vim/NeoVim users will know this, as it is pretty much how you do it there as well).
    
 
    
-For v and y to work, the following has to be added to the Tmux configuration file:  
    
+For v and y to work, the following has to be added to the Tmux configuration file: 
    
 
    
 
     bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v' send -X begin-selection
diff --git a/gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.html b/gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.html
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--- a/gemfeed/2025-06-07-a-monks-guide-to-happiness-book-notes.html
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    Reflective Questions

    
 
    
 
      
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    •  Why do I do all the things I do? What do I try to achieve?
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    •  Is it working?
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    •  What are the real causes of happiness and suffering?
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    • Why do I do all the things I do? What do I try to achieve?
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    • What am I doing about that? 
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    • Is it working?
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    Miscellaneous Guidelines

    
 
    
 
      
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    •  Digging for answers will never end. It will always cause more material to dig.
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    • Posture is important as the mind and body are connected.
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    • Don't use music, so you don't rely on music to change your state of mind. Similar regular guided meditation. Guided meditation is good for learning a technique, but you should not rely on another voice.
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    • You are not trying to relax. Relaxing and trying are two different things.
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    • When you love everything, even the bad things happening to you, then you are invincible.
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    • Happiness is all in your mind. As if you flip a switch there.
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    • Digging for answers will never end. It will always cause more material to dig.
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 If happiness is a mental issue. Clearly, the best time is spent training your mind in your free time and don't always be busy with other things. E.g. meditation, or think about the benefits of meditation. All that we do in our free time is search for happiness. Are the things we do actually working? There is always something around the corner...
    
 
    
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 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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    •  You are not trying to relax. Relaxing and trying are two different things.
      • 
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    •  When you love everything, even the bad things happening to you, then you are invincible.
      • 
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    •  Happiness is all in your mind. As if you flip a switch there.
      • 
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    •  Digging for answers will never end. It will always cause more material to dig.
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    • Posture is important as the mind and body are connected.
      • 
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    • Don't use music, so you don't rely on music to change your state of mind. Similar regular guided meditation. Guided meditation is good for learning a technique, but you should not rely on another voice.
      • 
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    • You are not trying to relax. Relaxing and trying are two different things.
      • 
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    • When you love everything, even the bad things happening to you, then you are invincible.
      • 
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    • Happiness is all in your mind. As if you flip a switch there.
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    • Digging for answers will never end. It will always cause more material to dig.
      • 
 

    
 If happiness is a mental issue. Clearly, the best time is spent training your mind in your free time and don't always be busy with other things. E.g. meditation, or think about the benefits of meditation. All that we do in our free time is search for happiness. Are the things we do actually working? There is always something around the corner...
    
 
    
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 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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 https://pragprog.com/titles/bhtmux2/tmux-2/
    
 
    
-Over the years, I have built a couple of shell helper functions to optimize my workflows.  Tmux is extensively integrated into my daily workflows (personal and work). I had colleagues asking me about my Tmux config and helper scripts for Tmux several times. It would be neat to blog about it so that everyone interested in it can make a copy of my configuration and scripts.
    
+Over the years, I have built a couple of shell helper functions to optimize my workflows. Tmux is extensively integrated into my daily workflows (personal and work). I had colleagues asking me about my Tmux config and helper scripts for Tmux several times. It would be neat to blog about it so that everyone interested in it can make a copy of my configuration and scripts.
    
 
    
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-- The concluding experience of a vacation significantly influences overall memories.
    
-- Restaurant reviews often hinge on the end of the visit, highlighting extras like wrong bills or additional desserts.
    
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 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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-As these VMs aren't directly reachable via SSH from the internet, we enable  root login by adding a line with PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/sshd/sshd_config.
    
+As these VMs aren't directly reachable via SSH from the internet, we enable root login by adding a line with PermitRootLogin yes to /etc/sshd/sshd_config.
    
 
    
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             Paul Buetow aka snonux
             paul@dev.buetow.org
         
-        I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on `cracking-ai-engineering.com`  about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
+        I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on `cracking-ai-engineering.com` about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
         
             
    
                 
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-I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on cracking-ai-engineering.com  about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
    
+I have been interviewed by Florian Buetow on cracking-ai-engineering.com about what it's like working with a Site Reliability Engineer from the point of view of a Software Engineer, Data Scientist, and AI Engineer.
    
 
    
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 Cracking AI Engineering
    
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 What are the differences between SRE, DevOps, SysAdmin, and Architects?
    
 
    
-SREs are like the next step after SysAdmins. A SysAdmin might manually install servers, replace disks, or use simple scripts for automation, while SREs use infrastructure as code and focus on reliability through SLIs, SLOs, and automation. DevOps isn’t really a job-it’s more of a way of working, where developers are involved in operations tasks like setting up CI/CD pipelines or on-call shifts. Architects focus on designing systems and infrastructures, such as load balancers or distributed systems, working alongside SREs to ensure the systems meet the reliability and scalability requirements. The specific responsibilities of each role depend on the company, and there is often overlap.  
    
+SREs are like the next step after SysAdmins. A SysAdmin might manually install servers, replace disks, or use simple scripts for automation, while SREs use infrastructure as code and focus on reliability through SLIs, SLOs, and automation. DevOps isn’t really a job-it’s more of a way of working, where developers are involved in operations tasks like setting up CI/CD pipelines or on-call shifts. Architects focus on designing systems and infrastructures, such as load balancers or distributed systems, working alongside SREs to ensure the systems meet the reliability and scalability requirements. The specific responsibilities of each role depend on the company, and there is often overlap. 
    
 
    
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 When should you decide to put something into a runbook, and when is it unnecessary?
    
 
    
-If an issue happens frequently, it should be documented in a runbook so that anyone, even someone new, can follow the steps to fix it. The idea is that 90% of the common incidents should be covered. For example, if a service is down, the runbook would specify where to find logs, which commands to check, and what actions to take. On the other hand, rare or complex issues, where the resolution depends heavily on context or varies each time, don’t make sense to include in detail. For those, it’s better to focus on general troubleshooting steps.  
    
+If an issue happens frequently, it should be documented in a runbook so that anyone, even someone new, can follow the steps to fix it. The idea is that 90% of the common incidents should be covered. For example, if a service is down, the runbook would specify where to find logs, which commands to check, and what actions to take. On the other hand, rare or complex issues, where the resolution depends heavily on context or varies each time, don’t make sense to include in detail. For those, it’s better to focus on general troubleshooting steps. 
    
 
    
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-Runbooks should be linked directly in the alert you receive. For example, if you get an alert about a service not running, the alert will have a link to the runbook that tells you what to check, like logs or commands to run. Runbooks are best stored in an internal wiki, so if you don’t find the link in the alert, you know where to search. The important thing is that runbooks are easy to find and up to date because that’s what makes them useful during incidents.  
    
+Runbooks should be linked directly in the alert you receive. For example, if you get an alert about a service not running, the alert will have a link to the runbook that tells you what to check, like logs or commands to run. Runbooks are best stored in an internal wiki, so if you don’t find the link in the alert, you know where to search. The important thing is that runbooks are easy to find and up to date because that’s what makes them useful during incidents. 
    
 
    
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 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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 Comprehensive Runbooks: We created 64 runbooks (by the time writing this probably more than 100) that are composable like Lego bricks. Each runbook covers a specific scenario and guides the engineer step-by-step to resolution. Pairing these with monitoring alerts linked directly to Confluence docs, and from there to the respective runbooks, ensures every alert can be navigated with ease (well, there are always exceptions to the rule...).
    
 
    
-Self-Sufficiency & Confidence Building:  With all these resources at their fingertips, our on-call engineers become self-sufficient for most of the common issues they'll face (new starters can now handle around 80% of the most common issue after 6 weeks they had joined the company). This boosts their confidence and ensures they can handle Tier-1 incidents independently.
    
+Self-Sufficiency & Confidence Building: With all these resources at their fingertips, our on-call engineers become self-sufficient for most of the common issues they'll face (new starters can now handle around 80% of the most common issue after 6 weeks they had joined the company). This boosts their confidence and ensures they can handle Tier-1 incidents independently.
    
 
    
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 As mentioned, the Kinesis is a great keyboard, but it is not meant for travel.
    
 
    
-I guess keyboards will always be my expensive hobby, so I also purchased another ergonomic, ortho-linear, concave split keyboard, the Glove80 (with the Red Pro low-profile switches). This keyboard is much lighter and, in my opinion, much better suited for travel than the Kinesis. It also comes with a great travel case.  
    
+I guess keyboards will always be my expensive hobby, so I also purchased another ergonomic, ortho-linear, concave split keyboard, the Glove80 (with the Red Pro low-profile switches). This keyboard is much lighter and, in my opinion, much better suited for travel than the Kinesis. It also comes with a great travel case. 
    
 
    
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             Paul Buetow aka snonux
             paul@dev.buetow.org
         
-        These are my personal takeaways after reading 'The Stoic Challenge:  A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient' by William B. Irvine. 
+        These are my personal takeaways after reading 'The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient' by William B. Irvine. 
         
             
    
                 
    "The Stoic Challenge" book notes

    
 
    
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-These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge:  A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. 
    
+These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. 
    
 
    
 
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 Other book notes of mine are:
    
 
    
-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
+2023-03-16 'The Pragmatic Programmer' book notes
    
 
    
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-This site was generated at 2026-02-20T21:23:33+02:00 by Gemtexter
    
+This site was generated at 2026-03-01T17:35:36+02:00 by Gemtexter
    
 
    
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    Reflective Questions

    
 
    
 
      
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    •  Why do I do all the things I do? What do I try to achieve?
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    •  What am I doing about that? 
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    •  Is it working?
      • 
-
    •  What are the real causes of happiness and suffering?
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
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-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
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+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
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-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
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-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
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-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
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-A kindly, old stranger was walking through the land when he came upon a village. As he entered, the villagers moved towards their homes, locking doors and windows. The stranger smiled and asked, why are you all so frightened. I am a simple traveler, looking for a soft place to stay for the night and a warm place for a meal. "There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "We are weak and our children are starving. Better keep moving on." "Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron cauldron from his cloak, filled it with water, and began to build a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a silken bag and dropped it into the water. By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come out of their homes or watched from their windows. As the stranger sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their fear. "Ahh," the stranger said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage -- that's hard to beat." Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a small cabbage he'd retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. "Wonderful!!" cried the stranger. "You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king." The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . .  And so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for everyone in the village to share. The village elder offered the stranger a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell it and traveled on the next day. As he left, the stranger came upon a group of village children standing near the road. He gave the silken bag containing the stone to the youngest child, whispering to a group, "It was not the stone, but the villagers that had performed the magic." 
    
+A kindly, old stranger was walking through the land when he came upon a village. As he entered, the villagers moved towards their homes, locking doors and windows. The stranger smiled and asked, why are you all so frightened. I am a simple traveler, looking for a soft place to stay for the night and a warm place for a meal. "There's not a bite to eat in the whole province," he was told. "We are weak and our children are starving. Better keep moving on." "Oh, I have everything I need," he said. "In fact, I was thinking of making some stone soup to share with all of you." He pulled an iron cauldron from his cloak, filled it with water, and began to build a fire under it. Then, with great ceremony, he drew an ordinary-looking stone from a silken bag and dropped it into the water. By now, hearing the rumor of food, most of the villagers had come out of their homes or watched from their windows. As the stranger sniffed the "broth" and licked his lips in anticipation, hunger began to overcome their fear. "Ahh," the stranger said to himself rather loudly, "I do like a tasty stone soup. Of course, stone soup with cabbage -- that's hard to beat." Soon a villager approached hesitantly, holding a small cabbage he'd retrieved from its hiding place, and added it to the pot. "Wonderful!!" cried the stranger. "You know, I once had stone soup with cabbage and a bit of salt beef as well, and it was fit for a king." The village butcher managed to find some salt beef . . . And so it went, through potatoes, onions, carrots, mushrooms, and so on, until there was indeed a delicious meal for everyone in the village to share. The village elder offered the stranger a great deal of money for the magic stone, but he refused to sell it and traveled on the next day. As he left, the stranger came upon a group of village children standing near the road. He gave the silken bag containing the stone to the youngest child, whispering to a group, "It was not the stone, but the villagers that had performed the magic." 
    
 
    
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-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
+2023-04-01 'Never split the difference' book notes
    
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-These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge:  A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. 
    
+These are my personal takeaways after reading "The Stoic Challenge: A Philosopher's Guide to Becoming Tougher, Calmer, and More Resilient" by William B. Irvine. 
    
 
    
 
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-2025-11-02 "The Courage To Be Disliked" book notes
    
-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-05-01 "Slow Productivity" book notes
    
-2023-11-11 "Mind Management" book notes
    
-2023-07-17 "Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills" book notes
    
-2023-05-06 "The Obstacle is the Way" book notes
    
-2023-04-01 "Never split the difference" book notes
    
-2023-03-16 "The Pragmatic Programmer" book notes
    
+2025-11-02 'The Courage To Be Disliked' book notes
    
+2025-06-07 'A Monk's Guide to Happiness' book notes
    
+2025-04-19 'When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing' book notes
    
+2024-10-24 'Staff Engineer' book notes
    
+2024-07-07 'The Stoic Challenge' book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
+2024-05-01 'Slow Productivity' book notes
    
+2023-11-11 'Mind Management' book notes
    
+2023-07-17 'Software Developers Career Guide and Soft Skills' book notes
    
+2023-05-06 'The Obstacle is the Way' book notes
    
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-- The concluding experience of a vacation significantly influences overall memories.
    
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 Life satisfaction tends to dip in midlife, around the forties, but increases around age 54.
    
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-2025-06-07 "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" book notes
    
-2025-04-19 "When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" book notes (You are currently reading this)
    
-2024-10-24 "Staff Engineer" book notes
    
-2024-07-07 "The Stoic Challenge" book notes
    
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diff --git a/uptime-stats.html b/uptime-stats.html
index 74e57938..097d40dc 100644
--- a/uptime-stats.html
+++ b/uptime-stats.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
    
 
    My machine uptime stats

    
 
    
-This site was last updated at 2026-02-20T21:23:33+02:00
    
+This site was last updated at 2026-03-01T17:35:36+02:00
    
 
    
 The following stats were collected via uptimed on all of my personal computers over many years and the output was generated by goprecords, the global uptime records stats analyser of mine.
    
 
    
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 | Pos |           Host |                      Uptime |                       Last Kernel |
 +-----+----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+
 |  1. |         vulcan |   4 years, 5 months, 6 days | Linux 3.10.0-1160.81.1.el7.x86_64 |
-|  2. |         *earth |  4 years, 1 months, 28 days |      Linux 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 |
+|  2. |         *earth |   4 years, 2 months, 6 days |     Linux 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 |
 |  3. |      *blowfish |   4 years, 1 months, 6 days |                       OpenBSD 7.7 |
 |  4. |            sun |  3 years, 9 months, 26 days |          FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p24 |
 |  5. |         uranus |   3 years, 9 months, 5 days |                       NetBSD 10.1 |
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@
 | 10. |        tauceti |  2 years, 3 months, 19 days |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
 | 11. |      mega15289 | 1 years, 12 months, 17 days |                     Darwin 23.4.0 |
 | 12. |      tauceti-f |  1 years, 9 months, 18 days |               Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 |
-| 13. |   *mega-m3-pro |  1 years, 8 months, 23 days |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
+| 13. |   *mega-m3-pro |  1 years, 8 months, 27 days |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
 | 14. |          *t450 |  1 years, 7 months, 26 days |              FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
 | 15. |       mega8477 |  1 years, 3 months, 25 days |                     Darwin 13.4.0 |
-| 16. |          host0 |   1 years, 3 months, 9 days |            FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 |
+| 16. |          host0 |   1 years, 3 months, 9 days |          FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5   |
 | 17. |       makemake |   1 years, 3 months, 7 days |       Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
 | 18. |      tauceti-e |  1 years, 2 months, 20 days |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
 | 19. |       callisto | 0 years, 10 months, 31 days |       Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 |  2. |       dionysus |  8 years, 6 months, 17 days |          FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p11 |
 |  3. |  alphacentauri |  6 years, 9 months, 13 days |           FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p7 |
 |  4. |       makemake | 4 years, 10 months, 16 days |       Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
-|  5. |         *earth |  4 years, 7 months, 29 days |      Linux 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 |
+|  5. |         *earth |   4 years, 8 months, 6 days |     Linux 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 |
 |  6. |         vulcan |   4 years, 5 months, 6 days | Linux 3.10.0-1160.81.1.el7.x86_64 |
 |  7. |      *blowfish |   4 years, 1 months, 7 days |                       OpenBSD 7.7 |
 |  8. |            sun |  3 years, 10 months, 2 days |          FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p24 |
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 | 16. |        tauceti |  2 years, 3 months, 22 days |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
 | 17. |       callisto |  2 years, 3 months, 13 days |       Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
 | 18. |      tauceti-e |  2 years, 1 months, 29 days |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-| 19. |   *mega-m3-pro |  1 years, 9 months, 25 days |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
+| 19. |   *mega-m3-pro |  1 years, 9 months, 29 days |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
 | 20. |      tauceti-f |  1 years, 9 months, 20 days |               Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 |
 +-----+----------------+-----------------------------+-----------------------------------+
 
    
@@ -93,30 +93,30 @@
 Downtime is the total downtime of a host over the entire lifespan.
    
 
    
 
    -+-----+----------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
-| Pos |           Host |                    Downtime |                  Last Kernel |
-+-----+----------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
-|  1. |       dionysus |  8 years, 3 months, 16 days |     FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p11 |
-|  2. |         uranus |  6 years, 7 months, 31 days |                  NetBSD 10.1 |
-|  3. |  alphacentauri | 5 years, 11 months, 18 days |      FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p7 |
-|  4. |       makemake |  3 years, 8 months, 11 days |  Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
-|  5. |           moon |   2 years, 1 months, 1 days |      FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p3 |
-|  6. |          *t450 |   1 years, 7 months, 7 days |         FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
-|  7. |       callisto |  1 years, 5 months, 15 days |  Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
-|  8. |      mega15289 |  1 years, 4 months, 24 days |                Darwin 23.4.0 |
-|  9. |           mars |  1 years, 2 months, 10 days |          Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-| 10. |      tauceti-e |  0 years, 12 months, 9 days |          Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-| 11. |            *f0 |  0 years, 8 months, 24 days |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-| 12. |            *f2 |  0 years, 8 months, 22 days |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-| 13. |            *f1 |  0 years, 8 months, 22 days |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-| 14. |         sirius |  0 years, 8 months, 20 days |   Linux 2.6.32-042stab111.12 |
-| 15. |         *earth |   0 years, 7 months, 1 days | Linux 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 |
-| 16. |         deimos |  0 years, 5 months, 15 days |  Linux 4.4.5-300.fc23.x86_64 |
-| 17. |        joghurt |   0 years, 2 months, 9 days |       FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE |
-| 18. |   *mega-m3-pro |   0 years, 2 months, 2 days |                Darwin 24.6.0 |
-| 19. |          host0 |   0 years, 2 months, 1 days |       FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5 |
-| 20. |      fibonacci |  0 years, 1 months, 11 days |      FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p15 |
-+-----+----------------+-----------------------------+------------------------------+
++-----+----------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
+| Pos |           Host |                    Downtime |                   Last Kernel |
++-----+----------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
+|  1. |       dionysus |  8 years, 3 months, 16 days |      FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p11 |
+|  2. |         uranus |  6 years, 7 months, 31 days |                   NetBSD 10.1 |
+|  3. |  alphacentauri | 5 years, 11 months, 18 days |       FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p7 |
+|  4. |       makemake |  3 years, 8 months, 11 days |   Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
+|  5. |           moon |   2 years, 1 months, 1 days |       FreeBSD 14.0-RELEASE-p3 |
+|  6. |          *t450 |   1 years, 7 months, 7 days |          FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
+|  7. |       callisto |  1 years, 5 months, 15 days |   Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
+|  8. |      mega15289 |  1 years, 4 months, 24 days |                 Darwin 23.4.0 |
+|  9. |           mars |  1 years, 2 months, 10 days |           Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
+| 10. |      tauceti-e |  0 years, 12 months, 9 days |           Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
+| 11. |            *f0 |  0 years, 8 months, 24 days |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+| 12. |            *f2 |  0 years, 8 months, 22 days |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+| 13. |            *f1 |  0 years, 8 months, 22 days |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+| 14. |         sirius |  0 years, 8 months, 20 days |    Linux 2.6.32-042stab111.12 |
+| 15. |         *earth |   0 years, 7 months, 1 days | Linux 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 |
+| 16. |         deimos |  0 years, 5 months, 15 days |   Linux 4.4.5-300.fc23.x86_64 |
+| 17. |        joghurt |   0 years, 2 months, 9 days |     FreeBSD 7.0-PRERELEASE    |
+| 18. |   *mega-m3-pro |   0 years, 2 months, 2 days |                 Darwin 24.6.0 |
+| 19. |          host0 |   0 years, 2 months, 1 days |      FreeBSD 6.2-RELEASE-p5   |
+| 20. |      fibonacci |  0 years, 1 months, 11 days |      FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE-p15  |
++-----+----------------+-----------------------------+-------------------------------+
 
    
 
    
 
    Top 20 Boots's by Host

    
@@ -124,30 +124,30 @@
 Boots is the total number of host boots over the entire lifespan.
    
 
    
 
    -+-----+----------------+-------+------------------------------+
-| Pos |           Host | Boots |                  Last Kernel |
-+-----+----------------+-------+------------------------------+
-|  1. |  alphacentauri |   671 |      FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p7 |
-|  2. |         *earth |   232 | Linux 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 |
-|  3. |           mars |   207 |          Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-|  4. |       callisto |   153 |  Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
-|  5. |       dionysus |   136 |     FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p11 |
-|  6. |      tauceti-e |   120 |          Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-|  7. |            *f2 |   109 |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-|  8. |            *f1 |   107 |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-|  9. |            *f0 |   103 |      FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
-| 10. |       makemake |    81 |  Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
-| 11. |         uranus |    59 |                  NetBSD 10.1 |
-| 12. |          pluto |    51 |          Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
-| 13. |      mega15289 |    50 |                Darwin 23.4.0 |
-| 14. |   *mega-m3-pro |    50 |                Darwin 24.6.0 |
-| 15. |    *fishfinger |    50 |                  OpenBSD 7.7 |
-| 16. |          *t450 |    46 |         FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
-| 17. |      *blowfish |    45 |                  OpenBSD 7.7 |
-| 18. |       mega8477 |    40 |                Darwin 13.4.0 |
-| 19. |         phobos |    40 |      Linux 3.4.0-CM-g1dd7cdf |
-| 20. |            sun |    33 |     FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p24 |
-+-----+----------------+-------+------------------------------+
++-----+----------------+-------+-------------------------------+
+| Pos |           Host | Boots |                   Last Kernel |
++-----+----------------+-------+-------------------------------+
+|  1. |  alphacentauri |   671 |       FreeBSD 11.4-RELEASE-p7 |
+|  2. |         *earth |   233 | Linux 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 |
+|  3. |           mars |   207 |           Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
+|  4. |       callisto |   153 |   Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
+|  5. |       dionysus |   136 |      FreeBSD 13.0-RELEASE-p11 |
+|  6. |      tauceti-e |   120 |           Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
+|  7. |            *f2 |   109 |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+|  8. |            *f1 |   107 |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+|  9. |            *f0 |   103 |       FreeBSD 14.3-RELEASE-p7 |
+| 10. |       makemake |    81 |   Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
+| 11. |         uranus |    59 |                   NetBSD 10.1 |
+| 12. |          pluto |    51 |           Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
+| 13. |    *fishfinger |    50 |                   OpenBSD 7.7 |
+| 14. |      mega15289 |    50 |                 Darwin 23.4.0 |
+| 15. |   *mega-m3-pro |    50 |                 Darwin 24.6.0 |
+| 16. |          *t450 |    46 |          FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
+| 17. |      *blowfish |    45 |                   OpenBSD 7.7 |
+| 18. |       mega8477 |    40 |                 Darwin 13.4.0 |
+| 19. |         phobos |    40 |       Linux 3.4.0-CM-g1dd7cdf |
+| 20. |            sun |    33 |      FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p24 |
++-----+----------------+-------+-------------------------------+
 
    
 
    
 
    Top 20 Score's by Host

    
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
 | Pos |           Host | Score |                       Last Kernel |
 +-----+----------------+-------+-----------------------------------+
 |  1. |         uranus |   340 |                       NetBSD 10.1 |
-|  2. |         *earth |   286 |      Linux 6.18.9-200.fc43.x86_64 |
+|  2. |         *earth |   288 |     Linux 6.18.10-200.fc43.x86_64 |
 |  3. |         vulcan |   275 | Linux 3.10.0-1160.81.1.el7.x86_64 |
 |  4. |      *blowfish |   259 |                       OpenBSD 7.7 |
 |  5. |            sun |   238 |          FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE-p24 |
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
 | 13. |        tauceti |   141 |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
 | 14. |       makemake |   137 |       Linux 6.9.9-200.fc40.x86_64 |
 | 15. |          *t450 |   128 |              FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE |
-| 16. |   *mega-m3-pro |   111 |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
+| 16. |   *mega-m3-pro |   112 |                     Darwin 24.6.0 |
 | 17. |      tauceti-f |   108 |               Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 |
 | 18. |      tauceti-e |    96 |               Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 |
 | 19. |       callisto |    86 |       Linux 4.0.4-303.fc22.x86_64 |
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 |  1. |  FreeBSD 10... |   551 |
 |  2. |     Linux 3... |   550 |
 |  3. | *FreeBSD 14... |   339 |
-|  4. |    *Linux 6... |   217 |
+|  4. |    *Linux 6... |   218 |
 |  5. |     Linux 5... |   162 |
 |  6. |     Linux 4... |   161 |
 |  7. |  FreeBSD 11... |   153 |
@@ -207,8 +207,8 @@
 | 16. |   Darwin 15... |    15 |
 | 17. |   Darwin 22... |    12 |
 | 18. |   Darwin 18... |    11 |
-| 19. |   OpenBSD 4... |    10 |
-| 20. |   FreeBSD 6... |    10 |
+| 19. |   FreeBSD 6... |    10 |
+| 20. |   FreeBSD 7... |    10 |
 +-----+----------------+-------+
 
    
 
    
@@ -224,14 +224,14 @@
 |  2. |  *OpenBSD 7... |    8 years, 1 months, 7 days |
 |  3. |  FreeBSD 10... |    5 years, 9 months, 9 days |
 |  4. |     Linux 5... |  4 years, 10 months, 21 days |
-|  5. |    *Linux 6... |   3 years, 4 months, 29 days |
+|  5. |    *Linux 6... |    3 years, 5 months, 7 days |
 |  6. | *FreeBSD 14... |   2 years, 11 months, 5 days |
 |  7. |     Linux 4... |   2 years, 7 months, 22 days |
 |  8. |  FreeBSD 11... |   2 years, 4 months, 28 days |
 |  9. |     Linux 2... |  1 years, 11 months, 21 days |
 | 10. |   Darwin 13... |   1 years, 3 months, 25 days |
 | 11. |   FreeBSD 6... |    1 years, 3 months, 9 days |
-| 12. |  *Darwin 24... |    1 years, 1 months, 2 days |
+| 12. |  *Darwin 24... |    1 years, 1 months, 5 days |
 | 13. |   Darwin 23... |   0 years, 11 months, 1 days |
 | 14. |   OpenBSD 4... |   0 years, 8 months, 12 days |
 | 15. |   Darwin 21... |    0 years, 8 months, 2 days |
@@ -255,22 +255,22 @@
 |  2. |  *OpenBSD 7... |   517 |
 |  3. |  FreeBSD 10... |   406 |
 |  4. |     Linux 5... |   317 |
-|  5. |    *Linux 6... |   231 |
+|  5. |    *Linux 6... |   232 |
 |  6. | *FreeBSD 14... |   211 |
 |  7. |     Linux 4... |   175 |
 |  8. |  FreeBSD 11... |   159 |
 |  9. |     Linux 2... |   121 |
 | 10. |   Darwin 13... |    80 |
 | 11. |   FreeBSD 6... |    75 |
-| 12. |  *Darwin 24... |    68 |
+| 12. |  *Darwin 24... |    69 |
 | 13. |   Darwin 23... |    54 |
 | 14. |   OpenBSD 4... |    39 |
 | 15. |   Darwin 21... |    38 |
 | 16. |   Darwin 18... |    32 |
 | 17. |   Darwin 22... |    30 |
 | 18. |   Darwin 15... |    29 |
-| 19. |   FreeBSD 5... |    25 |
-| 20. |  FreeBSD 13... |    25 |
+| 19. |  FreeBSD 13... |    25 |
+| 20. |   FreeBSD 5... |    25 |
 +-----+----------------+-------+
 
    
 
    
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@
 | Pos | KernelName | Boots |
 +-----+------------+-------+
 |  1. |   *FreeBSD |  1204 |
-|  2. |     *Linux |  1112 |
+|  2. |     *Linux |  1113 |
 |  3. |    *Darwin |   155 |
 |  4. |   *OpenBSD |   115 |
 |  5. |     NetBSD |     1 |
@@ -298,10 +298,10 @@
 +-----+------------+-----------------------------+
 | Pos | KernelName |                      Uptime |
 +-----+------------+-----------------------------+
-|  1. |     *Linux | 28 years, 5 months, 21 days |
+|  1. |     *Linux | 28 years, 5 months, 30 days |
 |  2. |   *FreeBSD | 12 years, 10 months, 8 days |
 |  3. |   *OpenBSD |  8 years, 8 months, 18 days |
-|  4. |    *Darwin |  5 years, 4 months, 13 days |
+|  4. |    *Darwin |  5 years, 4 months, 17 days |
 |  5. |     NetBSD |   0 years, 1 months, 1 days |
 +-----+------------+-----------------------------+
 
    
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
 +-----+------------+-------+
 | Pos | KernelName | Score |
 +-----+------------+-------+
-|  1. |     *Linux |  1890 |
+|  1. |     *Linux |  1891 |
 |  2. |   *FreeBSD |   912 |
 |  3. |   *OpenBSD |   557 |
 |  4. |    *Darwin |   349 |
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