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These are books, papers and blog posts I wrote. I mostly write about tech, gaming and art.
These posts are my own thoughts and not a representation of my employers or any other group.
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Previous versions on LinuxImplementing volume shadow copy functionality on the Linux desktopCreated on: 2025-10-25 | ||
A world of extremesA look at our polarized society, from politics to online privacy and AICreated on: 2025-10-08 | ||
What is your threat model?Proper threat modeling is crucial to having a realistic IT infrastructureCreated on: 2025-09-23 | ||
The Sovereign CloudHow can Canada realistically create a sovereign cloudCreated on: 2025-09-14 | ||
Why I became a digital archivist in 2025Some thoughts about the current state of things and what led me to create DataHoarding.orgCreated on: 2025-07-14 | ||
Spock AIGenerating an audio and a video talking head using AI modelsCreated on: 2025-06-02 | ||
Air flow experimentWill AI models sacrifice people for the greater good?Created on: 2025-05-27 | ||
A homelab primerDesigning, maintaining and scaling up a Proxmox clusterCreated on: 2025-04-20 | ||
Can AI be conscious?Some thoughts about intelligence, our brain and perceptionCreated on: 2025-03-26 | ||
AI Use CasesFrom training to inference, understanding how to deploy AI modelsCreated on: 2025-03-15 | ||
AI Art GenerationAnalyzing stylistic consistency across AI models using ComfyUICreated on: 2025-02-07 | ||
Technological SovereigntyA Canadian Perspective on Decoupling from U.S. Tech GiantsCreated on: 2025-01-28 | ||
Deploying a static websiteUsing Cloudflare CDN, Azure DevOps and Static Web Site for freeCreated on: 2024-12-30 | ||
Forwarding Proxmox email notificationsKeeping track of your systems using a service called smtp2goCreated on: 2024-12-11 | ||
Building your MP3 music collectionA free way to build a self-hosted music collection using a Flask app, shortcuts and yt-dlpCreated on: 2024-05-01 | ||
Montreal History ProjectA look at one of Montreal's most iconic neighborhoods: GriffintownCreated on: 2024-02-14 | ||
Deploying your Certificate AuthorityGet rid of those self-signed certificates by creating your own chain of trustCreated on: 2024-01-03 | ||
Nginx reverse proxyDeploying a proxy to convert HTTP to HTTPS connections on a range of portsCreated on: 2023-12-22 | ||
Deploying containers with PortainerConfiguring, running and managing Docker containers using Portainer on DebianCreated on: 2023-12-01 | ||
Building a simple Flask appTutorial on building a web app to show some data using the Pandas libraryCreated on: 2023-09-28 | ||
Using Hashicorp VaultSafely storing secrets for Ansible, shell scripts and moreCreated on: 2023-03-19 | ||
Basic Syslog configurationMonitoring multiple Linux hosts using a centralized Syslog serverCreated on: 2021-01-15 | ||
JP cheatsheetStudy sheets for Japanese language learnersCreated on: 2018-11-22 | ||
Custom Apache headerHow to hide the 'Server' header on Apache HTTP 2.4 serverCreated on: 2018-01-23 | ||
Using SQLite with PowerShellA simple guide for accessing SQLite databases in PowerShellCreated on: 2017-03-02 | ||
10 Tenets of a SysAdminA useful set of guidelines that all system administrators should keep in mindCreated on: 2016-08-01 | ||
Windows app without Visual StudioHow to make a .NET Windows app without using Visual StudioCreated on: 2015-12-22 | ||
Deep analysis of a modern web siteA look at how a modern web site is constructedCreated on: 2015-11-28 | ||
Database administration tutorial for non-DBAsHow to take care of a database as an IT professionalCreated on: 2014-11-07 | ||
A quick guide to LaTeXSome notes on how to create documents using the LaTeX languageCreated on: 2014-10-28 | ||
Abstraction of codeA look at code abstraction in a typical Perl frameworkCreated on: 2014-10-15 | ||
ODBC URI schemeAn RFC describing an URI scheme for ODBC connectionsCreated on: 2014-10-08 | ||
Generating Global IDsA strategy for creating global identifiers in codeCreated on: 2014-09-08 | ||
Survival Quick GuideA common sense guide to surviving in any emergency situationCreated on: 2013-08-21 | ||
The story of TideArtThe story of building an art web site to 70,000 page views per monthCreated on: 2013-02-17 | ||
Star Wars TimelineA visual timeline of the history of the Star Wars universeCreated on: 2012-09-21 | ||
Making of AgonyA tutorial of how to combine Poser 7 and Vue 6 to create a 3D renderCreated on: 2011-01-12 | ||
Vue Lighting TutorialHow to achieve realistic lighting in Vue 6Created on: 2010-07-06 | ||
