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It's Go all the way down
Every process in front of my websites is a Go binary now, from the tunnel to the web server to the sites themselves, and the whole stack runs on a desktop I already owned for a few dollars a month in power.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-08-30
Minimal automated updates for Alpine Linux
Many Linux distros have a way to configure automated updates but somewhat surprisingly Alpine Linux does not.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-07-16
Set up automated server backups with Borg
The Borg deduplicating backup program can automate daily, weekly, and monthly backups with a single script saving space and keeping data safe from mistakes.
Isaac Bythewood
2022-06-25
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Why not make your own dashboard in 2026
I was reflex checking the same six tabs all day so I built one page that has all of it on it, and the part that surprised me is how little work that is now.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-09-10
A status line for Claude Code
A drop-in status line for Claude Code that shows your 5-hour usage quota, context window, working directory with git branch, and the time, all out of one bash file, plus a quick walk through how it works.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-06-13
The Rust ecosystem is unreasonably good
A second pass on the Rust port of my blog, where I dropped the chromium PDF subprocess for embedded Typst. Some notes on axum, comrak, minijinja and Typst.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-05-09
Rewriting my blog in Rust
I rewrote this blog from Flask to Rust over an afternoon. The result is a single 3.5 MB binary that uses 14x less memory and serves 10x more requests per second.
Isaac Bythewood
2026-05-06