Linux 🐧

All my posts about various Linux technologies

32 posts

Linux posts covering distributions, init systems, networking, hardening, packaging, and the small day-to-day tools that make a sysadmin's life less painful. Two-plus decades of running Linux in production, distilled into things I actually use.

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1 May 2026

Counting the Cost of Vibe Coding

A local-first dashboard for tracking AI coding tool spend across Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Copilot, and Gemini CLI - with a TUI, a desktop app, and zero API keys required.

11 Apr 2026

Introducing AI Commit

A Rust CLI I built to stop writing terrible commit messages - aic generates AI-powered commit messages, PR drafts, diff reviews, and repo visualisations from your staged changes.

5 Apr 2026

Introducing Hosts Butler

A terminal-based hosts file manager built in Rust that I wrote to stop manually editing /etc/hosts with a text editor and hoping I didn't break anything.

1 Feb 2026

Introducing ssl-toolkit

A comprehensive SSL/TLS diagnostic tool built in Rust that I created to replace my ever-growing document of random certificate checking notes.

31 Jan 2026

OpenClaw: Giving Claude a Body (and a Telegram Bot)

A quick guide to installing OpenClaw, an open-source AI agent framework that gives LLMs persistence, tools, and messaging - turning a chatbot into an actual assistant.

28 Aug 2021

Rocky Linux and Packer

Explore Packer's use with Rocky Linux. Migrate CentOS projects efficiently. Use provided templates for Virtualbox and VMWare.

13 Oct 2019

Packer CentOS 8

Easily transition to CentOS 8 with Packer and Vagrant, featuring Cockpit for efficient server management.

24 Sept 2017

Ansible AWX

Author Russ Mckendrick explores Ansible AWX, the open-source version of Ansible Tower. Follow his guide to quickly set up AWX with CentOS 7 using Vagrant.

22 May 2016

Falco by sysdig

Discover Falco by Sysdig, a powerful behavioral security service monitoring system calls.