Tech, life and everything else
I have a couple of restic backup containers running across my servers, all based on the resticker image. It’s a basic part of every server configuration I use. Backups are executed on cron schedules. But until today, I had no visibility into whether they actually succeeded. So I had no idea one of my backups didn’t run for some weeks due to some “locks” in the repository.
I took my bike out for a short ride again yesterday. The last days it was rainy and stormy, but yesterday, there was a bit of sun again. Also wind, but I took it relaxed. Nature also really calmed me down. I haven’t really realized sunset is so late, and I can still easily start a short ride in the evening.
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Many news sites, including a few German ones, are now trying to get you to add them as a preferred source on Google. This can be annoying. Why should I do this? And why do you try to remind me on every visit? And why do you even assume I am using Google News? Are the sites so desperate because AI is reducing the number of people visiting them?
And just like that, another month has flown by. Time for my usual look back.
Regarding my last post: While I spent plenty of thoughts on the whole implementation, most of the coding work was actually done by DeepSeek V4 Flash and Pro, and I just supervised and criticized it.
The moment when you finally deploy a change on which you worked over some days, trying to think through every possible use case and scenario, and you just hope it’s working flawlessly. 🙏
Such a moment was just now for me!
I finally and drastically improved image optimization with GoBlog. Responsive images and AVIF support. Using imgproxy.
Part two of this major refactoring will be to find a way to map every image “optimized” using the old implementation to its original image. Just by comparing all files, as there was no database for it.
But until then, enjoy this image from Scotland last year!
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As I wrote, I had planned a bikepacking trip covering a total of 224 km. Well, things didn’t quite go as planned.
I planned a bikepacking trip for the coming weekend, but I am not really sure if I overestimate my power, if I will eat enough, and if I will be able to put up the tent on my own. 😅
I watched so many YouTube videos on bikepacking in the recent years that I really need to try a multi-day trip (just two days for now, lol) with a tent on my own.
Two years ago, I went from Kassel to Braunschweig (215 km) in three days but slept in cozy hotels and reached the day’s destination already by noon. This year will be harder with more than 100 km per day (224 km in total). And just in case something goes wrong, there will always be train stops nearby.
Theoretically, I could also just take the train home overnight and continue my route on the next day. But that would destroy the adventure…
If you have any tips, feel free to tell me. 😊
Bad news about Bitwarden. Apparently their CEO changed, and everything looks like they are preparing for a sale.
Almost two months ago, I switched back to Ubuntu as my primary operating system. While I still have a Windows 11 VM, I never really use it. Ubuntu 26.04 fits all my needs I had since switching to it. While I installed it during the beta, the final LTS version has also been released since then.