Opinion Pieces
Posts tagged with #opinion
Total: 6
Posts
| 2023-06-18
(updated 2025-10-22)
| 4 min read
#opinion
#productivity
This is a guide to a simple self organization/task management system I built for myself over the years.
From time to time I showed it to someone and they got some benefits from it, most adapted it to better fit their needs down the line,
which is exactly what you should do with any kind of personal task management in my opinion.
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A Little Scripting Never Hurt Anybody
Posts
| 2023-04-27
(updated 2025-10-22)
| 3 min read
#automation
#opinion
#productivity
Sometimes you have to do a specific task and you are fully capable of doing it manually,
however those tasks are also great to flex your muscles and hack something together.
They can be an excellent tool to sharpen your skills with the tools you use regularly,
and improve your quick prototyping skills.
In addition, with a couple of iterations, again sharpening an important skill, you could afterwards create a more general purpose tool from a hacky script.
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Posts
| 2023-04-04
(updated 2025-10-22)
| 2 min read
#ai
#opinion
#productivity
Given the recent rise in text-based language models, sometimes called AI tools, I wanted to share my thoughts and experiences in using them,
especially in the context of blogging.
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Posts
| 2023-03-17
(updated 2025-10-22)
| 2 min read
#infrastructure
#opinion
#self-hosted
#sysadmin
Series: Your Own Server
In the world of technology, we are moving further and further away from operating directly on servers,
but there are still significant benefits to be gained from running a personal server.
I have been running some kind of personal server for many years now and I strongly believe anyone working in technology can benefit greatly from doing so.
Here’s why:
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Learning From Incidents
Posts
| 2022-08-22
(updated 2025-10-22)
| 5 min read
#devops
#management
#opinion
#post-mortem
#process
Incidents happen, and we can and should always learn from them,
to be better prepared for the next time things go wrong.
A great tool to do that is the post-mortem, it is a process designed to recap the incident, learn from mistakes
and improve the system as a result.
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What I think about affiliate links
Posts
| 2020-12-17
(updated 2025-10-23)
| 1 min read
#opinion
#personal
Lets talk about affiliate links for a moment.
TLDR: I will use affiliate links where it is possible for me, which isn’t often to be honest.
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