Topics For Keen Spirits

TFKS & Forgejo Knitting Software
Leveraging Forgejo to build a system that knits specs, code, tests, releases, and memory into a useful sweater.

7 min read

aidev

2026-05-06

Telemetry Feeds, Kinetic Signals
Log noise is the tax nobody talks about. Paid in compute, storage, compliance risk, and the slow erosion of trust in your own telemetry.

3 min read

logbusai

2026-05-03

Upside Down World
There's a fidget spinner sitting on my desk. I can make it dance in my right hand — smooth, effortless, almost unconscious. Then I pick it up with my left hand...

2 min read

life

2026-04-30

The Yak is Back
The danger of yak-shaving isn't new. What's new is the opportunity cost.

3 min read

ailife

2026-03-21

Character vs Personality Ethics
I spent most of my career rejecting "personality ethics" as shallow, manipulative, and intellectually dishonest.

6 min read

life

2025-12-29

ETL Example with LogBus
How I use LogBus to curate my Elasticsearch indices.

4 min read

howtologbuselasticsearch

2025-09-24

Simulated Annealing
Using simulated annealing to search the solution space of a sudoku board.

4 min read

learnalgo

2025-09-12

Make Less, Just More
Why my projects start with a Makefile (but probably shouldn't)

3 min read

dev

2025-09-08

Losing My Relations
To use DynamoDB effectively, toss the relational rules out.

4 min read

learndata

2025-09-07

LogBus as a fail2ban replacement
Ever wish you could take your logs, slice them like a chef, and use them to firewall off internet goblins automatically?