Blog posts

Current

Articles I've written in this life.

• Generating Nix(OS) secrets using declarative templates
• My Nix-based homelab monorepo

Archive

Articles I've written in a previous life.

• NixOS: Avoiding filesystem corruption with hibernation and ephemeral root
• To Lens or not to Lens? ← This one is bad don't bother 😖
• Restoring my broken file system with Btrfs, NixOS and Restic

External

Articles I've written for my previous employer, Symflower.

• Rapidly write tests in IntelliJ IDEA and Goland with test templates (archived)
• How to make Angular use a relative path for your application (archived)

VS Code Extension Development series

• A more robust way to install VS Code for extension testing (archived)
• Modifying a VS Code installation in extension tests (archived)
• Timeout-based checks in VS Code extension tests (archived)
• How to write VS Code extensions: guide & best practices (archived)
• LSP in VS Code: integrating a language server in a Visual Studio Code extension (archived)
• Getting started with Visual Studio Code extension development (archived)

IntelliJ Plugin Development series

• A better X server setup for IntelliJ plugin tests locally and in your CI (archived)
• Testing IntelliJ plugins on Windows in your CI using GitLab Runner (archived)
• Isolating IntelliJ plugin tests using temporary project directories (archived)
• Accessing IntelliJ plugin classes in UI tests (archived)
• Tutorial: all you need to know for IntelliJ plugin development (archived)
• Getting started with plugin development for JetBrains IDEs like IntelliJ, Goland, and Android Studio (archived)