My personal story of learning Vim keybindings with a focus on the flow state and skill aquisition.
A space for technology notes on anything I find interesting, and a musing or two. From electrons through to delivering and developing code, as well as shiny emerging tech.
An Ode to the Occasional Proxy: Dynamic HTTP Forward Proxy Configuration in Windows, WSL/Ubuntu, and Docker
Notes on developing with a HTTP forward proxy required in some envs and not others
Dynamic Hostnames in Nginx: Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Container Apps
Solving Nginx’s ‘host not found in upstream’ startup failure using dynamic hostnames across Docker, Kubernetes, and Azure Container Apps.
Improving Dockerfile Development Cycle with Tilt, and Making R Builds Fail Fast
Using Tilt for hot reloading during Dockerfile development, and solving R’s silent package install failure problem with install2.r.
WSL MTU Issues with Azure SSTP VPN Connections
Diagnosing and fixing MTU mismatch issues in WSL when using Azure SSTP point-to-site VPN. The cause of (previously) mysterious hanging SSL connections.
Azure Private VNET Development Access Options
Comparing options for developer access to Azure private VNETs (other than hub and spoke with S2S)
Meta-Writing: Creating a Hugo Content Assistant with VSCodium and Roo Code
Building an LLM-powered writing assistant in Roo Code. A meta exercise - this post is written by an LLM based on analysis of the author’s posts.