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Wallchanger: Spice Up Your Desktop with Dynamic Wallpapers!

Ever felt like your desktop wallpaper was just too static? Bored of seeing the same image day in, day out? Well, I certainly did. Inspired by the dynamic wallpaper feature I adored in AwesomeWM, I decided to inject some of that magic into my Openbox setup. Thus, Wallchanger was born - a Python script with a simple mission: to make your desktop more lively and, frankly, more fun!

Backup and Snapshot Btrfs

Managing backups should be hassle-free. This article introduces Btrfs’s capabilities for efficient backup and snapshot management. Let’s dive in!

Using the Keypad as Hotkeys

Enhancing productivity with additional hotkeys can be a game-changer, especially when using underutilized parts of your keyboard, like the numpad. This post explores how to transform your numpad into a dynamic hotkey pad, functioning as both a number pad and a hotkey pad based on its status.

Efficient Log Management with Logrotate and Matomo Integration

Keeping your server’s log files in check is a task that can’t be overlooked. In this guide, we’ll delve into using logrotate for log management, and integrate it with Matomo for log analytics, along with managing Nginx service restarts post-rotation.

Distant Worlds 2

A space sim which is mostly automated. You can tap in, to steer the most important decisions or lean back and watch it unfold.

Using Caddy to replace Traefik and Nginx

In my pevious post I explained how to use Traefik2 to get a site up and running. There is an alternative with much less configuration called Caddy that allows for the same features as Treafik2 with its caddy_docker_proxy plugin.

Cloud Gaming

So instead of owning a gaming PC, you can rent one, but is it worth it?

Using py_webauthn with Django

py_webauthn is the Python3 implementation of the WebAuthn API used for all FIDO2-compliant authenticators

Editing Docker-compose files with Python

Docker-Compose files declare the state of a Docker stack and are used to configure Docker Containers. In this Blog I will show you how to edit them with Python, so you can change them programmatically.

Traefik2 End-To-End Tutorial

Traefik2 is an Edge Router for your Services like Docker Containers. Unlike other reverse proxys Traefik comes with some nice additions like automatic service discovery and issuing of certificates. Unfortunaly there are few tutorials walking you through end to end.

Automatic Backups With Restic

Backups should be automatic - fire and forget. This guide shows you how it is done!

Organizing DotFiles

Sometimes the need arise to organize and versionize your dotFiles. Meaning the configuration that hangs around in your home folder a.k.a. ~ or in .config. Today I read a solution with wich I totaly disagree.

A SystemD Unit for IPFS

IPFS or Interplanetary File System allows you to distribute Files and thus Websites and Videos over a distributed Net much like the Torrent Network. In order to use it on your machine you have to compile it manually or use a precompiled Version from the website. However the Binarys and the github Repo are lacking a SystemD unit file.

Bithive

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