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This is my blog, a new site by Chris Dell that I'm self-hosting on an N100 Mini PC. Expect posts on NixOS, Rust, embedded devices, and renewable energy!
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AI on the (relatively) cheap. How I self-host my local assistant
Why self-host AI? Whether you love or hate AI it is a big thing right now. I try to take a pragmatic approach: use it for the boring bits because I want to save the interesting bits for myself. But you don't need frontier models for these
Why I Ditched Traditional Linux for NixOS
Let’s be honest: managing a Linux system used to feel like herding cats - except the cats were configuration files, and they kept rearranging themselves every time I updated something. I used to tinker with Ubuntu, Arch, and even Fedora in my spare time. All of them had their charms.
What is "self-hosting" and why do I it?
I'm a big fan of self-hosting my online services. It's something I've always tried to achieve but often failed, either because the maintenance time cost was too high, or the technology simply wasn't mature, or both. I've always been
Restoring my 10 year old WebGL Minecraft clone
TL;DR; Here's the running application. 10 years ago I built a Minecraft clone, but with a twist. At the time I was doing a lot of STEM activities, introducing children to programming for the first time. The Raspberry Pi was in full swing and was popular as