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Pinning home-manager Packages

You update your system and now a application that you depend on no longer works as expected...

In any normal circumstance you are either sol, or you uninstall and reinstall a backdated version if that's even possible.

But wait, you use home-manager so instead of being at the whim of your package manager lets just pin the application to a specific version.

  • in nix, zfs
  • 5 min read

NixOS Generations | ZFS Snapshots

NixOS system generations are immutable snapshots of your system's state, created each time you rebuild your system configuration using nixos-rebuild switch. They are like magic when you need to rollback a system after a upgrade that maybe breaks something, you're testing a new display and window manager, or bumping software versions.

  • in Android
  • 3 min read

2fa From The Dead

I'm NOT storing my critical 2fa keyring in your cloud service!

Okay, you are now responsible for backing up your keyring and testing the restore process to validate your 2fa keyring is functional. Setup a sync job and your done right? When was the last time you checked on that sync job?

  • in Android
  • 4 min read

Android Server

What are you to do with two 1/2 working Google Pixel 5 phones? Mic is messed up in one, both have broken screens and you are sharing one display between the two devices. Do you recycle them? Sell them on a marketplace for pennies?

  • 4 min read

Backup Keypair

There will be a time when you have to move important files that need to stay private, but there are no secure methods to send this data.