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A superset of monitoring, that holds the ability to measure system internal state by its outputs, such as metrics, events, logs and traces.</description></item><item><title>Modern Day Bread and Circuses</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0212/modern-day-bread-and-circuses/</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:36:06 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0212/modern-day-bread-and-circuses/</guid><description>Superficial appeasement, opiates and distraction are tools used by governments when things fall apart. 2000 years after Decimus Junius Juvenalis coined the term &lsquo;Bread and Games&rsquo; in Rome in Satire X, the term still coins societies core drive to cater to our most basic desires.</description></item><item><title>Project Serum - Decentralized Exchange on Solana</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0207/serum-decentralized-exchange-on-solana/</link><pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2022 09:10:56 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0207/serum-decentralized-exchange-on-solana/</guid><description>Setup and fundamentals of the Solana project Serum decentralized exchange (DEX), for trustless on-chain orderbooks and matching engines. Serum enables permissionless, non-custodial Defi with speed and low transaction cost on Solana.</description></item><item><title>The Red Queen Hypothesis</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0205/the-red-queen-hypothesis/</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Feb 2022 21:00:34 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0205/the-red-queen-hypothesis/</guid><description>Life is a positive sum game! From molecular arms races to the evolution of sex, the red queen hypothesis states that the primary driver behind evolution is the struggle to survive.</description></item><item><title>Processing Information and Learning</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0130/processing-information-and-learning/</link><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2022 20:10:40 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0130/processing-information-and-learning/</guid><description>Effectively separating the signal from the noise, recognizing biases and reconstructing problems with first principles for innovation over iteration.</description></item><item><title>Cognitive Biases</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0116/cognitive-biases/</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2022 20:00:27 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0116/cognitive-biases/</guid><description>With too much information for us humans to process and filter, we&rsquo;re increasingly susceptible to cognitive biases. In order to avoid biases, it is important to become self aware first and subsequently aware of our biases.</description></item><item><title>Bitcoin: From Software to Hardware Wallets</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0115/bitcoin-from-software-to-hardware-wallets/</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2022 12:35:12 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2022/0115/bitcoin-from-software-to-hardware-wallets/</guid><description>The need to take self-custody of your own funds should be self evident by now. A post on options and my own journey from the original Bitcoin SPV wallets (Simple Payment Verification), claiming coins from forks to hardware wallets managed by browser extensions.</description></item><item><title>The Probability of Six Sigma Events</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1230/the-probability-of-six-sigma-events/</link><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2021 23:52:34 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1230/the-probability-of-six-sigma-events/</guid><description>Expected frequency calculation of N sigma events, Black Swan probabilities and fat tails. On the ludic fallacy and the misuse of games to model real-life situations.</description></item><item><title>Solana on the Raspberry Pi and VPSs</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1229/solana-on-the-raspberry-pi/</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2021 16:17:52 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1229/solana-on-the-raspberry-pi/</guid><description>Running a Solana test validator on Ubuntu on a Raspberry Pi 64bit ARM Cortex-A72 cross CPU architectures. Examples on how to authenticate a test validator on Vultr, Digital Ocean and Linode VPSs.</description></item><item><title>Static Site Generator for Web Analytics Dashboards</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1226/static-site-generator-for-web-analytics-dashboards/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2021 15:54:45 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1226/static-site-generator-for-web-analytics-dashboards/</guid><description>GoAccess, an open-source, static site generator for privacy focused, self-contained server side analytics dashboards that works for web, onion and the gemini protocol.</description></item><item><title>Solana On-Chain Programs</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1212/solana-on-chain-programs/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 20:51:36 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1212/solana-on-chain-programs/</guid><description>On building and deploying Solana programs with Rust, the eBPF instruction set and what I learned so far started developing on Solana.</description></item><item><title>Dev Setup for the Solana Blockchain Platform</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1212/dev-setup-for-the-solana-blockchain-platform/</link><pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2021 12:14:26 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1212/dev-setup-for-the-solana-blockchain-platform/</guid><description>Foundations for a web3 Javascript client that talks with a Solana on-chain program through JSON RPC.</description></item><item><title>Web3 - What The Internet Was Meant To Be</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1204/web3/</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2021 21:52:57 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1204/web3/</guid><description>The Web3 is recently everywhere, my exploratory notes on the technology, its trajectory without the hype and criticism.</description></item><item><title>Aspiring to Writing Well</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1126/aspiring-to-writing-well/</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Nov 2021 12:46:22 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1126/aspiring-to-writing-well/</guid><description>Care about readers and value. A few timeless rules for the craft of writing and aspiring artisans.</description></item><item><title>Simple SEO Checklist</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1125/simple-seo-checklist/</link><pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2021 22:08:49 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1125/simple-seo-checklist/</guid><description>SEO, search engine optimization, is the zero value task of adding (allegedly) massive value to a website.</description></item><item><title>Replacing packr with go:embed to Embed Files & Directories</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1112/replacing-packr-with-go-embed-to-embed-files-and-directories/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:42:05 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1112/replacing-packr-with-go-embed-to-embed-files-and-directories/</guid><description>Go native tooling to embed static files into binaries for simple deployments and dependency management.</description></item><item><title>Raspberry Pi 4 SBC Projects</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1030/raspberry-pi-4-sbc-projects/</link><pubDate>Sat, 30 Oct 2021 16:31:17 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1030/raspberry-pi-4-sbc-projects/</guid><description>Single board computer for Linux, BSD and alternative OS software projects and experiments.</description></item><item><title>Request Idempotence and Distributed Transactions</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1002/request-idempotence-and-distributed-transactions/</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:15:14 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1002/request-idempotence-and-distributed-transactions/</guid><description>Distributed transaction handling in service oriented architectures with Saga pattern, orchestration engines such as Cadence and Temporal.</description></item><item><title>Distributed, Fault-Tolerant SQLite Databases</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1001/distributed-fault-tolerant-sqlite-databases/</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 21:50:44 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/1001/distributed-fault-tolerant-sqlite-databases/</guid><description>Globally distributed database for reliability with SQLite as a storage engine, allowing for ease of implementation, setup and maintenance.</description></item><item><title>Self Hosted WireGuard VPN on OpenBSD</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0926/self-hosted-wireguard-vpn-on-openbsd/</link><pubDate>Sun, 26 Sep 2021 15:38:40 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0926/self-hosted-wireguard-vpn-on-openbsd/</guid><description>Notes on setting up an extremely simple, modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography to provide proper privacy and can provide perfect forward secrecy.</description></item><item><title>Privacy Phone With Google Pixel and Calyx OS</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0829/privacy-phone-with-google-pixel-and-calyx-os/</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2021 18:34:43 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0829/privacy-phone-with-google-pixel-and-calyx-os/</guid><description>Driven by growing mistrust in Big Tech, this is an educational journey with a deGoogled, privacy phone, so everything that happens on the phone, stays on the phone.</description></item><item><title>Service Oriented Architecture and Layered Application Design</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0828/service-oriented-architecture-and-layered-application-design/</link><pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2021 14:46:08 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0828/service-oriented-architecture-and-layered-application-design/</guid><description>Application design in SOA setups aid test confidence and maintainability as well as robustness of systems. It requires discipline and guiding standards especially for teams with high autonomy and independence.</description></item><item><title>Hosting Tor Hidden Services with Vanity .onion Addresses</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0724/hosting-tor-hidden-services-with-vanity-onion-addresses/</link><pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2021 13:18:44 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0724/hosting-tor-hidden-services-with-vanity-onion-addresses/</guid><description>Setting up a Tor v3 hidden service on OpenBSD with vanity .onion address, serving content with httpd.</description></item><item><title>Gemini Gemlog alongside a Go Hugo Blog</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0709/gemini-gemlog-alongside-a-go-hugo-blog/</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2021 18:42:21 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0709/gemini-gemlog-alongside-a-go-hugo-blog/</guid><description>The Gemini protocol is a lightweight alternative to http. This post has my notes on deploying gmifs and hosting the Gemini version of this web log on OpenBSD.</description></item><item><title>Gemini: Revival of Simplicity and the Old Internet</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0703/gemini-revival-of-simplicity-and-the-old-internet/</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2021 15:14:20 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0703/gemini-revival-of-simplicity-and-the-old-internet/</guid><description>Figuring out what made thoe original internet so appealing. Nostalgia and the journey of seeking focus and a high signal to noise ratio in a complex, numbing and noisy world.</description></item><item><title>Why Wrapping Go Errors and How to Unwrap</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0702/why-wrapping-go-errors-and-how-to-unwrap/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 19:29:42 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0702/why-wrapping-go-errors-and-how-to-unwrap/</guid><description>Go error handling has come a long way, yet it isn&rsquo;t applied in many packages still and the concepts are often not understood. This post takes a stab at explaining it with simple examples.</description></item><item><title>OpenBSD Web Server with httpd and Let's Encrypt</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0702/openbsd-webserver-with-httpd-and-letsencrypt/</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2021 00:30:40 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0702/openbsd-webserver-with-httpd-and-letsencrypt/</guid><description>Setting up an OpenBSD https web server with httpd, acme and free SSL certificates to get an SSL Labs A+ score.</description></item><item><title>Hosted OpenBSD Server Setup</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0701/hosted-openbsd-server-setup/</link><pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2021 22:45:51 +0800</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0701/hosted-openbsd-server-setup/</guid><description>Notes for setting up an OpenBSD cloud server on vultr for $5 a month. What is currently hosting this blog.</description></item><item><title>Hugo blog from scratch - blogging with simple documents</title><link>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0614/hugo-blog-from-scratch/</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2021 01:14:38 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://nox.im/posts/2021/0614/hugo-blog-from-scratch/</guid><description>Notes on setting up a minimal web log with hugo from scratch.</description></item></channel></rss>