Elaborate Roblox “3D Model” Scam Attempt
Recently I received an interesting DM from a random user on Discord. Somehow the user found my Roblox username and offered me 8000 Robux for “[using] my avatar as the main character in a thumbnail …
Offline-first PWA with Svelte & Vite
I’ve always been a big fan of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs). They offer app-like functionality without the development / labor overhead that comes with building a traditional app. Plus, I don’t need to learn new …
Google Workspace/MXroute split delivery
I’m a happy Google Workspace (G Suite) user – I love the convenience of being able to use Google Drive, Gmail, and other Google services on my own domain. I’m also a happy MXroute user, …
Confluence “System favourite colour”
I was recently debugging something in my Confluence install when I discovered this interesting bit: Now, why might my Confluence server have a favorite color and favorite character? (Also, who’s Rose?) I did some Googling …
App iframes not loading in Jira Cloud?
I’m continuing my migration from Jira Server to Jira Cloud to conform with Atlassian’s server end-of-life in 2024. One issue that has held me back for the last few weeks was the fact that apps …
Authentik/Atlassian Access destination URL error
If you don’t already know, I’m an avid Atlassian Confluence/Jira user and Atlassian has issued an ultimatum stating that support for all Server applications will end in February 2024. So, I’ve been working on moving …
Replacing AD with Authentik LDAP outpost in Jira
For a long time, I’ve maintained an internal Microsoft Active Directory deployment with 2 domain controllers. However, now that I have some free time, I’ve decided to shut it down and replace it with Authentik‘s …
On the way home today, I saw this car in front of me that was just stopped in the middle of the road. The driver was evidently on his phone. After sitting there for a …
Easier editing for repetitive data in WordPress
Background I’ve been the leader for my school’s robotics team’s website sub-team for the last two years. On our website, every student and alumnus gets their own webpage with some information about them, their name, …
How to set up or migrate Headscale
Update 05/31/2022: Updated the permissions on the chmod to be 600 instead of 077 (which would be very dangerous!) Recently, I discovered an interesting project called Headscale. It promises to be an open-source, self-hostable version …