KCDC 2025
You would have found me last week at the Kansas City Convention Center for my first KCDC, as an attendee and a speaker. This year's conference is their sixteenth edition…
OPNSense Port Forwarding
I recently replaced my home router with a device running OPNSense. Very successful production deployment. I deployed a Navidrome server for streaming my personal music collection to Subsonic-supported clients. I…
OPNSense on Protectli Vault 1610
Overview A Cisco LRT224 Dual WAN router has been the cornerstone of my home network for over a decade: solid, easy to configure, above-average performance, VPN server, and other prosumer…
API Standards ARE Data Standards
"Amelia in Code" by donnierayjones is licensed under CC BY 2.0. Aside from those whom have ignored technology trends for the last twenty years, everyone else is aware of -…
Maintainable Code #1
This code snippet (FirJvmStaticChecker.kt:72) caught my eye while digging into Kotlin codebase: if ( container !is FirClassSymbol || container.classKind != ClassKind.OBJECT || !container.isCompanion() && containerIsAnonymous ) { ... } else…
NDC Oslo 2025
NDC Oslo is a software development conference in Oslo, Norway, part of the NDC Conferences portfolio. Originally focused on Microsoft technologies - I believe NDC stands (stood?) for Dot Net…
Computers IRL #6
As a user of Microsoft Windows - whether software developer, business user, or generic web browser - it's inevitable that you'll see this dialog, usually at a most inopportune time.…
Devoxx Greece 2025
I submitted multiple talks for this year's Devoxx Greece, and, happily, the reviewers selected Demonolithing The Monolith? Forget It! to be presented. I've given this talk previously (including other Devoxx-branded…
Computers IRL #5
An information kiosk at the Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece obviously woke up on the wrong side of bed on the day I visited. And no one to press <F1>…
Geek Humor
As seen on the streets in Eau Claire, Wisconsin .... reminds me of this geek t-shirt.