Archive
This page contains a list of all of the blog posts on this site, grouped by year.
Besides the list below, another way to get an overview would be to take a look at the tags page, where you can see a list of all of the topics I might have written about over the years.
2026
30 May – SSH authorized_keys command restriction to isolate container access to host functions
2024
23 Nov – Speed up Obsidian Quartz page loads
02 Nov – Template for Zotero Obsidian plugin to import references with highlights
24 Oct – OpenPGP WKD for easy PGP key discovery
15 Oct – PySpark timezone offset from ISO 8601 without UDF
14 Oct – Python Deadlib for Deprecated Libraries like distutils
10 Oct – Use direnv for uv with out-of-source virtual environments
09 Aug – Configure Thunderbird 128 e2e encryption with GnuPG
01 Jun – Light-weight setup of LF console file manager with image, source code and archive previews
25 May – AI screenshot renamer with ollama LLaVA, GPT-4o and macOS OCR
02 Mar – Contact QRCode generator with marimo and WASM
11 Feb – Pandoc roundtrip from markdown to docx and back
2023
09 Dec – Charl's super hacky but often working automatic Emacs font size setting
09 Dec – Minimal VSCode settings and extensions configuration for Python with ruff
14 Nov – Fixing hunspell 1.7.0 for Emacs 29 on Windows
08 Aug – Open message:// links with mu4e or fastmail
12 Feb – ThreadPoolExecutor context manager with nested tasks
2022
22 Oct – Unison file synchronization directly via the WSL bridge
24 Sep – Modify md-roam for frontmatter-less operation
05 Aug – Conservative rendering and liberal parsing of ISO 8601 timestamps in Python
12 Jun – TypeScript development with Emacs, tree-sitter and LSP in 2022
05 Mar – Connecting the Shelly 1 to an ET Systems gate motor for Apple HomeKit control
2021
21 Nov – Using Kubernetes for development containers
03 Oct – Developer experience setting up a minimal API in Go, C# and Python
29 Sep – Convert Org Mode files to docx with CMake and Pandoc for mobile accessibility
22 Jul – Configure org-roam v2 to update database only when idle
03 May – vxlabs software development handbook
21 Mar – Always activate CopyArrivalDate for mbsync
21 Mar – GnuPG pinentry via the Emacs minibuffer
2020
15 Nov – Fix non-display of ivy-rich switch buffer directories in Emacs
06 Oct – Sort TypeScript import groups from standard to local
25 Jul – An Emacs Lisp function to convert attachment: links to file: links for ox-hugo exports
23 Jul – Set severity override of Visual Studio Code Pylance type mismatches for better visual distinction
21 May – Open WSL2 files in Windows apps using Emacs TRAMP
09 May – Emacs, WSL, helm-locate and Everything
01 May – Voice capture org-mode notes and more using Siri Shortcuts on iOS
26 Apr – Cite consistently between org-ref and ox-hugo
15 Mar – xdg-open-wsl: A WSL-specific xdg-open replacement to open files and links using Windows apps.
07 Mar – Patch Emacs org-open-file using advice.
22 Feb – Use supervisor to run fastcgi behind nginx.
2019
06 Dec – Comparing WSL1 and WSL2 filesystem I/O performance on local and host files.
25 Aug – Improve the plaintext email experience through format=flowed with long lines.
28 Jul – Manjaro Linux with Bumblebee on the Thinkpad X1 Extreme in 2019.
05 Jul – Is mbsync really faster than offlineimap? A measurement.
03 Jul – Sending queued mails in the background with mu4e.
28 May – SA Elections 2019: Votes to seats in parliament.
23 May – Windows 10 anti-virus slows down Hugo and WSL from 2x to 10x.
20 Apr – Link directly to emails from Emacs Orgmode using Thunderbird and Thunderlink
19 Apr – PyCharm and Docker Compose for Django and TypeScript development on Windows 10
16 Apr – Using the new dotnet fsi from .NET Core 3 Preview 3 in Visual Studio Code
06 Apr – Installing Isso comments in Hugo on WebFaction
04 Feb – Improving fastai's mixed precision support with NVIDIA's Automatic Mixed Precision.
2018
19 Nov – Configuring Emacs, lsp-mode and Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Python language server.
29 Oct – Importing all of your orgmode notes into Apple Notes for mobile access.
08 Jun – Configuring Emacs, lsp-mode and the python language server.
18 May – Interactive programming with Fennel Lua Lisp, Emacs and Lisp Game Jam winner EXO_encounter 667
29 Mar – Asynchronous rsync with Emacs, dired and tramp.
24 Mar – Developing Arduino sketches with JetBrains CLion: A minimal example.
23 Mar – Which jumper to set on the ITEAD XBee shield v1.1 for use with a 3.3V Arduino
15 Feb – Use the Google Cloud Speech API to transcribe a podcast
31 Jan – Creating a Django migration for a GiST / GIN index with a special index operator.
2017
08 Dec – Variational Autoencoder in PyTorch, commented and annotated.
06 Dec – How to debug PyInstaller DLL / PYD load failed issues on Windows
30 Nov – Run code on remote ipython kernels with Emacs and orgmode.
24 Nov – Getting ob-ipython to show documentation during company completion.
10 Jun – Extracting the Jaxx 12-word wallet backup phrase
07 Jun – Adding page sidebar to WordPress Twenty Seventeen theme.
06 Jun – Setting up FastCGI apps on WebFaction
03 Jun – Querying RESTful webservices into Emacs orgmode tables
03 Jun – Bitcoin and the blockchain in 10 minutes
31 Mar – Fixing crux-open-with on Ubuntu
17 Mar – Miniconda3, TensorFlow, Keras on Google Compute Engine GPU instance: The step-by-step guide.
11 Mar – Recursive text search in project without projectile
20 Feb – From org file with local bibtex to LaTeX and PDF
07 Feb – mu4e 0.9.18: E-Mailing with Emacs now even better.
2016
07 Nov – Date-sorted interactive recursive search with ivy, counsel and ag
11 Apr – Step-by-step guide to C++ navigation and completion with Emacs and the Clang-based rtags
17 Mar – Fixing the Cordova browser platform Access-Control-Allow-Origin error
05 Mar – Up and running with ECL and Emacs SLIME in four easy steps
2015
08 Dec – gunicorn as your Django development server
17 May – Fixed position of any Scatter child widget in Kivy
29 Mar – Notes on my full-time testing of 7 Dropbox alternatives
11 Feb – Use the hardware-based full disk encryption of your TCG Opal SSD with msed
05 Feb – Solving the Ubuntu 14.04 – NVIDIA 346 – nvidia-prime black screen issue
28 Jan – Sending emails with math and source code
2014
04 Dec – Inline GraphViz DOT evaluation for graphs using Emacs, org-mode and org-babel
12 Nov – Getting Django Rest Framework to parse docstrings as reStructuredText
06 Nov – Use ADB to bypass dog-slow MTP transfer of files from Android to Linux
06 Oct – Convert dates to different formats in LibreOffice Calc
30 Sep – CloudFlare full optimizations break MathJax
08 Aug – Driving the Dell U2713HM at 2650×1440 from the HDMI output of the Acer V3-571G
25 Jun – Getting EmacsKeys working with QtCreator 3.1.2
16 Jun – Level sets: The practical 10 minute introduction.
14 Jun – Huawei E3331 3G USB dongle works on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux
09 Jun – Fixing RoundCube Error in DDL upgrade
06 Jun – Configuring Emacs mu4e with nullmailer, offlineimap and multiple identities
04 Jun – Modify Emacs Deft for recursive directory search
25 May – Publish to WordPress with Emacs 24 and org2blog
08 Apr – Syntax-highlighting markdown fenced code blocks in Emacs
2013
22 Dec – Export Zotero PDFs with BibTeX key filenames
11 Oct – impress.js with embedded live webcam
04 Oct – d3 interpolators vs. ColorBrewer single hue sequential scales
11 Jul – Skype 4.2.0.11 on Linux: Premium subscription but NO group video and NO group screen sharing
24 Apr – Samson C01U USB condenser microphone on Ubuntu Linux 12.04
24 Mar – Acer V3-571G FullHD IPS: Superb price/performance Linux development laptop
2012
22 Dec – SSDs with usable built-in hardware-based full disk encryption
28 Nov – Adding the ATA Security eXtension BIOS to AMIBIOS (Asus P5KC)
18 Nov – European Motorola Atrix 4G: Rooting, unlocking and CyanogenMod 7.2
29 Jun – Removing URLs from Zotero bibtex exports
01 May – Review of Ubuntu Linux 12.04 on the Samsung NP300V3A Core i5 NVIDIA Optimus laptop
04 Mar – Fix for blurry photos on HTC Desire Z
2011
01 Dec – How to get Zotero IEEE style NOT to abbreviate with et al. in the bibliography
28 Aug – A Windows console that does not suck
15 May – Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Annoyances (Dell E6410 with NVS 3100m GPU)
25 Apr – The Django Book 2.0 in MobiPocket / Kindle format
01 Mar – Don’t buy HomePlug / Powerline ethernet adapters
05 Feb – Sipura / Linksys / Cisco SPA3102 Voice Gateway in The Netherlands
24 Jan – International characters on the HTC Desire Z keyboard
22 Jan – HTC Desire Z: An in-depth and nerdy review.
2010
30 Nov – Ubuntu 10.10 x86_64 on your Dell E6410 with NVS 3100m GPU