Primarily spending time learning more about JavaScript, working my way through a few tutorials.

I’ve also been drafting a lot of blog posts, but haven’t really had the time to sit down and finish them off. We’re talking maybe 2 to 3 per day. Take a look at this!

I really should get on top of that and push out some updates, so it doesn’t look like this site is abandoned. That’s not really the point though, is it? The point is to document and share things of substance, not just rambling.

Reverse proxy with nginx

  1. I had security concerns with port forwarding so I switched
  2. Troubleshot issues with http/https for docker containers
  3. Removed old firewall rules
  4. Fixed remote stuff (cellphones, etc.) after setting the subdomains

GitHub CI

  1. I wanted better metrics tracking in GH; my contrib graph is screwed up because of Postman auto-commits, so I installed WakaTime.
  2. Getting cool stuff to auto-pop meant making a GH Workflow; I used a custom yaml config. It runs once a day at midnight.

 

I assure you, everything you are about to read is tragically completely true.

A number of years back, I was dealing with a new hire who claimed to be an “expert” in all Microsoft products. I won’t go into specifics as to why, but know that we needed someone who specifically could work with Microsoft Access. After several months of postings, interviews, and, subsequent rejections, we came across a fellow who claimed he could do the work.

Not only had he used it, he assured us that he had used it extensively, and was an expert at it! I remember on his first day confidently saying, “It will be no problem at all for me!”

Also note that I had no part in this hiring process, but merely had to deal with whatever we were handed in terms of staff.

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Looks like the site is live, sweet!

Huge thank you to SpaceRex for a really in-depth tutorial on how to set everything up for a Synology NAS! If you find yourself interested in setting up a WordPress site on your own NAS, I highly recommend giving his video a watch!

I don’t have any “grand plans” in terms of what I’ll be doing with this site. Generally speaking though, I would like to be able to document, update, and post about the various technical skills I’m working on, and the various problems and (hopefully) solutions to those problems.

If that sounds like your sort of thing, I’m glad to have you!

-Mike