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Linux on the Thinkpad E14 G5 AMD

I recently got a thinkpad E14 gen5 with a ryzen 5 7th gen to replace my Acer Aspire 7. Of course I wanted to replace the default windows with linux, but I was too lazy to reinstall and hence just put my old NVMe SSD in the laptop thanks to the availability of 2 M.2 slots. Before…

FreeBSD Install: Hiccups and Issues

I installed FreeBSD 13.2 with KDE today on my Dell Inspiron 5482. I have heard good things about FreeBSD primarily as an operating system for servers, but the project claims that it works well for desktop users as well. So, I thought I will give it a try. There were some things …

Nomad can do everything that K8s can

This blog post is ignited by the following Twitter exchange: I don’t take the accusation of unsubstantiated argument, especially on a technical topic lightly. I firmly believe in substantiated arguments and hence, here I am, elaborating on my stance. If found mistaken, I am open…

Storing AWS Pinpoint Logs

At $dayjob, we use AWS Pinpoint to send out SMS to our customers. We’ve also written a detailed blog post on how we use Clickhouse + vector stack for our logging needs. We additionally wanted to store the delivery logs generated by the Pinpoint service. But like with anything el…

Bridge Networking in Nomad

To set the stage, it’s crucial to understand what we mean by “bridge networking”. In a nutshell, it is a type of network connection in Linux that allows virtual interfaces, like the ones used by virtual machines and containers, to share a physical network interface. With Nomad, …