By “artificial problem” you mean the problem that they created… Right?

… Right?

I’m going to claim this one wasn’t entirely my fault and should have been coded better… But I ran it.

I ran a script that expected to run from a bin directory, cd/chdir to a input file directory, then do a sed on every file to replace windows line endings to UNIX/Linux line endings. After that it would start loading and processing them.

The problem was, if the directory it tried to change to didn’t exist, it silently continued and ran it on the current directory… You know, the bin directory… With all the compiled C binaries.

So at about 16:30 on a Friday, 30 min before we started our huge weekend builds, I nuked about 70% of the binaries by randomly replacing all bytes that looked like crlf with lf. Turns out binaries didn’t like that.

Good times.

I’ve got 30+ years of fuck ups under my belt so I know to avoid those and create brand new, innovative, fuck ups… You can’t just teach that.

Yes

If cotton is involved in any way, you know it’s some shitty shit. It’s just a rule… Proven by history.

Yep. A few months ago the 1TB “King fast” m.2 that came in a $150 refurb tinyQ died. Replacement drive was… I want to say $160? (Locally, needed it ASAP)

I should’ve opened the case up when I got the PC and noticed the obvious knock off/garbage SSD but I can’t honestly say I’m surprised.

Thanks fri… wait, you’re not who I replied to. Do you have your own rolodex of websites?

Can you search your rolodex for “caddy tls configuration” for me?

You’re right, that was quite a hassle : )

Glad you got it sorted.

I want to preface this with the fact that I am definitely NOT a networking expert so… don’t trust anything I say.

My situation is a bit different because I am using Tailscale, though I have it on the list to be replaced in the future.

When you Wireguard to your LAN, do subsequent DNS requests go through the VPN? Sounds like you’re looking into that route based on your third point above. If so, can you just add a static DNS resolution to your LAN router that points to your Caddy SSL terminator/reverse proxy? This assumes a static IP for your host.

That’s what I’ve done. On my router I’ve set a static DNS entry of silverbullet.mydomain.com -> 10.0.0.101 (where *.101 is the static IP of my internal host/Caddy). This allows everything to resolve correctly when I’m physically attached to my LAN but also when connecting remotely via Tailscale.

It may not be elegant, but it avoids the hassle / extra config of a local DNS server as well as the need to manage host routes on each device.

EDIT: My router is running OpenWRT but I think most consumer grade routers support static DNS routes… but I could be wrong.

I’ve been doing the SSL with Caddy and Let’s Encrypt via CertBot. Extra work but not too bad once you figure it out (and take notes since I forget by the time the renewal comes around :)

I still need to find time to set up auto renewal… One day

I haven’t heard of this one! Thanks for the link, I’ll check it out.

I’ll stick with FOSS instead… Silverbullet.md in this use case.

My work will cover public transit costs for commutes but not gas.

About 75% of us are in the US so… No public transit to cover. Coincidence?

They actually may only cover that cost for US employees… I need to ask my EU colleagues. That’d be a real “fuck you” if so.

Tan suit

Mic drop

/s … Which is hopefully obvious

That has the secondary effect of shutting off the electricity, water, air, oil, or whatever else … It just takes a little longer.

Elite hax.

Be the change you want to see.

Also, loop me in. I have almost no free time at the moment but I’m building up a list of FOSS projects to work on when I retire.

If you ever do, have your volume control handy. It’s all ear blasting SFX and tiny little muted whispers of dialog. Every time somebody talks you need to turn up the volume by 200% and every time something happens you need to turn it down to 5%… it was infuriating.

Doh : (

At least we have a valid excuse for not adopting fingerprint biometrics… Minor bright side, I guess.