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After revisiting SailfishOS earlier this autumn, I spent a week living with its open-source cousin, Ubuntu Touch. With Google tightening the Android ecosystem, it felt like the right moment to explore what a true Linux mobile OS offers today. My first attempt was with a OnePlus Nord N100 on MetroPCS. It fought me at every step. Flashing, fastboot flags, and ADB coaxing were all unsuccessful. In the end I ordered a Pixel 3a, one of Ubuntu Touch's officially supported devices. ...

Not my proudest work, but I needed a quick shell script. I’ve been diving deeper into Matrix bridges lately — those connectors that let Matrix users communicate with other platforms like WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, Slack, and more. In doing so, I’ve learned a lot about how these bridges are built, deployed, and maintained. The twist? I’m running everything on OpenBSD. Running -current on OpenBSD is great, but it does mean I often need to compile packages faster than the official release cycle provides. That’s where this little helper script came in — a quick way to clone, patch, and compile the Go-based Matrix bridges so they run cleanly on my OpenBSD systems. ...

Why I stopped using Discord for open source and how I bridged IRC into Matrix using Heisenbridge on OpenBSD.

Efficiency is the most overlooked opportunity in edge data center design. The cheapest electron is the one not used.

I love operating systems and geeky devices. SailfishOS still has unmatched UI and gestures, but struggles with ecosystem and value proposition. Here are my thoughts in Sept 2025.