THE UNKNOWN
Essays, notes, and practical guides for making sense of the world.
The Browser Tab I Kept Open for 143 Days
One browser tab survived updates, restarts, and several attempts to remember why it had seemed important.
The Laundromat at 2:13 A.M.
A late-night laundry trip involving one unreliable dryer, an overly confident vending machine, and a sock with no clear owner.
A Safe 90-Second Linux Disk Space Triage
A read-only sequence for finding what filled a Linux server before deleting logs, images, caches, or data you may still need.
A Night Walk with No Destination
A walk taken only to clear the head becomes a tour of small places that are invisible during the day.
Making Pagefind Work in Astro Development
Why Pagefind can work in an Astro production build but fail during local development, and a small build-first workflow that keeps both environments predictable.
systemctl cat and Drop-In Overrides
Inspect the complete systemd unit and make a small local override without editing vendor files.
The Parcel Locker Sent Me in Circles
A delivery notification points to locker 18, but the building contains three different locker 18s.
Use docker compose config Before Deploying
Render the Compose model before deployment to catch interpolation, merge, profile, and path surprises.
The Restaurant with One Table
A wrong turn leads to a restaurant with one table, no menu, and an owner who has already chosen dinner.
A Boring Release Checklist for Small Services
A compact preflight and verification checklist for deploying a small service without relying on memory.
The Afternoon Without the Internet
A routine outage reveals how many household objects have quietly become dependent on one blinking router.
Git Bisect for a Small Regression
Find the first bad commit with Git bisect, first manually and then with a narrow automated test.