# Latest **URL:** https://community.monospacementor.com/latest.md [Latest](https://community.monospacementor.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.monospacementor.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.monospacementor.com/tags.md) --- ## [Welcome to the Monospace Mentor Community! 👋](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/welcome-to-the-monospace-mentor-community/5)
**Author:** [@system](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 January 2024 17:12 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/welcome-to-the-monospace-mentor-community/5 "2024-01-30T17:12:49Z")
I’m so glad you joined us! Monospace Mentor Community A friendly bunch of DevOps people Here are some things you can do to get started: :open\_book: Get to know the community by browsing discussions that are already … --- ## [Direnv "extensions" exemples in guix cookbook](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/direnv-extensions-exemples-in-guix-cookbook/445)
**Author:** [@Defuneste](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/Defuneste)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [28 October 2026 02:39 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/direnv-extensions-exemples-in-guix-cookbook/445 "2026-10-28T02:39:48Z")
I was practising Guix and was looking https://guix.gnu.org/cookbook/en/guix-cookbook.html#Guix-environment-via-direnv Here I am not super interested in guix but mostly direnv and I guess bash. I mostly use direnv to “m… --- ## [Tuesday Office Hour](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/tuesday-office-hour/332)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [17 March 2026 16:04 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/tuesday-office-hour/332 "2026-03-17T16:04:06Z")
📅 Office Hour · September 15, 2026 6:00 PM → September 15, 2026 7:00 PM (Europe/Dublin) · Fluxer channel "Office Hour" ... Open to all members at the SPROUT, GROW and THRIVE levels, recommended especially for course par… --- ## [Improvements to my wiki](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/improvements-to-my-wiki/444)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 October 2026 20:53 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/improvements-to-my-wiki/444 "2026-10-24T20:53:23Z")
Today, I spent a few hours on fully integrating my wiki into the Monospace Mentor website. When I publish the website now, Bridgetown pulls in my notes right from their Obsidian vault, and renders them as first-class pag… --- ## [Friday Office Hour](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/friday-office-hour/295)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [23 October 2026 12:39 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/friday-office-hour/295 "2026-10-23T12:39:28Z")
📅 Office Hour · October 23, 2026 2:00 PM → October 23, 2026 3:00 PM (Europe/Dublin) · Fluxer channel "Office Hour" ... Open to members at the SPROUT, GROW, and THRIVE levels. Recommended especially for course participan… --- ## [Community Live Chat](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/community-live-chat/183)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [16 October 2026 15:38 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/community-live-chat/183 "2026-10-16T15:38:41Z")
While our forum is chill in the way it preserves shared insight and doesn’t require a rapid back-and-forth, live chat can be fun, too. That’s why we have our own chat server running on Fluxer, a free and open-source cha… --- ## [From a Docker command to a systemd service](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/from-a-docker-command-to-a-systemd-service/442)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [12 October 2026 12:23 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/from-a-docker-command-to-a-systemd-service/442 "2026-10-12T12:23:09Z")
If you run containers on a Linux server, you may want them to fit alongside the services already running there: start at boot, appear in the same status and log tools, and respect startup dependencies. Project READMEs of… --- ## [Community Hangout](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/community-hangout/296)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [6 October 2026 11:53 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/community-hangout/296 "2026-10-06T11:53:25Z")
📅 Hangout · November 10, 2026 8:00 PM → November 10, 2026 9:30 PM (Europe/Dublin) · Fluxer channel "Hangout" ... Our casual community get-together, every month on the second Tuesday. Open to members at the SPROUT, GROW… --- ## [WiFi VLANs](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/wifi-vlans/441)
**Author:** [@defy](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/defy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [9 October 2026 12:45 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/wifi-vlans/441 "2026-10-09T12:45:51Z")
This weekend I upgraded from a simple home mesh system to UniFi Express 7 mesh system. It was time but one of the reasons was I wanted to start using VLANs at home to isolate smart devices away from user devices. I’ve u… --- ## [Are you self-hosting?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/are-you-self-hosting/433)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 16:02 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/are-you-self-hosting/433 "2026-10-05T16:02:04Z")
I just wrote a blog post how fun it is to be able to self-host the services you depend on. That made me wonder what my TSR members are self-hosting themselves. The main services I’m running either on my home server or o… --- ## [Dockhand changes licence terms](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/dockhand-changes-licence-terms/440)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [5 October 2026 08:37 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/dockhand-changes-licence-terms/440 "2026-10-05T08:37:54Z")
Last week, I planned to set up Dockhand as a replacement for Portainer on a live stream. Looks like being too tired to go through with it saved me from jumping out of the licence frying pan into the fire because Dockhand… --- ## [What type of programmer are you?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-type-of-programmer-are-you/437)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [28 September 2026 13:28 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-type-of-programmer-are-you/437 "2026-09-28T13:28:30Z")
This video was at the top of the almost endless collection of software engineering videos in my RSS feed reader: Dave published his advice to grow out of the “coder” role before LLMs were ubiquitous, but i… --- ## [Taking the lead in a software team](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/taking-the-lead-in-a-software-team/438)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [23 September 2026 10:27 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/taking-the-lead-in-a-software-team/438 "2026-09-23T10:27:31Z")
Weeks ago, I had a conversation with a community member about introducing change in a team without being in a leadership role. It’s a topic that I’ve great interest in, and I was confident that I could compile a list of … --- ## [What keyboard are you using?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-keyboard-are-you-using/421)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [3 September 2026 20:52 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-keyboard-are-you-using/421 "2026-09-03T20:52:54Z")
When I packed my bags for last month’s trip, I chose the Corne-ish Zen as my travel keyboard because it’s space-saving and hasn’t got nearly enough use for its hefty price. At our holiday home, the keyboard layout I had … --- ## [Dealing with burnout](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/dealing-with-burnout/431)
**Author:** [@taly](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/taly)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [31 August 2026 09:29 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/dealing-with-burnout/431 "2026-08-31T09:29:17Z")
(i originally planned to post this as a topic, but i dont quite know if i did something wrong or wrote the topic wrong but i got the error “you are not permitted to view the requested resource”) hello, good day! i origi… --- ## [What is AI doing to us?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-is-ai-doing-to-us/432)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [30 August 2026 15:38 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-is-ai-doing-to-us/432 "2026-08-30T15:38:32Z")
I found this insightful commentary on the influence of genAI on our mental health, and how to control it: --- ## [What's your code review process and tooling?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-your-code-review-process-and-tooling/428)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [26 August 2026 17:41 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-your-code-review-process-and-tooling/428 "2026-08-26T17:41:18Z")
Even in my tiny team at freistilbox, code review is a common practice. Sixteen years of building a real product have taught us that good code hygiene is an important part of a reliable and maintainable codebase. When a p… --- ## [Critical vulnerability in Træfik](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/critical-vulnerability-in-traefik/423)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [24 August 2026 07:10 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/critical-vulnerability-in-traefik/423 "2026-08-24T07:10:20Z")
On August 21st, the Traefik project announced a security vulnerability with a severity of 9.3/10 that allowed a “complete authentication bypass in the digestAuth middleware”. Any unauthenticated remote client can bypass… --- ## ["Hybrid RAM" drive?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/hybrid-ram-drive/420)
**Author:** [@belthesar](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/belthesar)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [18 August 2026 14:52 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/hybrid-ram-drive/420 "2026-08-18T14:52:55Z")
Hey folks - trying to cast a net to see if someone has awareness of a file system or disk topology that could work for a use case I have. I have a workload that needs a variable, but quite large amount of scratch disk s… --- ## [Livestream](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/livestream/417)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [6 August 2026 21:31 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/livestream/417 "2026-08-06T21:31:18Z")
--- ## [Getting back on track](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/getting-back-on-track/416)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [4 August 2026 13:01 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/getting-back-on-track/416 "2026-08-04T13:01:45Z")
I’m back from my workation on Borkum, refreshed and full of excitement to get the TSR train going again! I just scheduled new Office Hours at their usual times on Tuesday and Friday. Speaking of “usual time”: Tuesday n… --- ## [What's your ideal learning mode?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-your-ideal-learning-mode/413)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [30 July 2026 16:18 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-your-ideal-learning-mode/413 "2026-07-30T16:18:08Z")
Since I’m here to help you grow, I’m curious about your individual approaches to learning new skills and topics. When you want or have to learn something new, how do you go about it? Medium: Do you prefer text-based mat… --- ## [The MS-02 Ultra is a tiny giant server/workstation](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/the-ms-02-ultra-is-a-tiny-giant-server-workstation/415)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [18 July 2026 10:28 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/the-ms-02-ultra-is-a-tiny-giant-server-workstation/415 "2026-07-18T10:28:07Z")
The Minisforum MS-02 Ultra comes with 24 cores, 62.5GbE of network throughput (2x 25GbE, 1x 10GbE, 1x 2.5GbE), 4x SODIMM slots for up to 256GB and ECC support, 4x M.2 SSD slots, and there is still room for two PCIe cards… --- ## [What's that "time off" thing you're talking about?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-that-time-off-thing-youre-talking-about/411)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [17 July 2026 12:36 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/whats-that-time-off-thing-youre-talking-about/411 "2026-07-17T12:36:41Z")
Given that I have three weeks ahead of me for which I need to find answers to the question “What am I going to do?” that aren’t “work”, I thought I’d pass the question on to you: How do you get your energy back, be it … --- ## [Home Assistant and Ikea are a great match](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/home-assistant-and-ikea-are-a-great-match/414)
**Author:** [@belthesar](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/belthesar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [13 July 2026 21:26 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/home-assistant-and-ikea-are-a-great-match/414 "2026-07-13T21:26:36Z")
I recently added a Home Assistant ZBT-2 radio to my HA setup to allow me to use Matter over Thread devices, along with some rather inexpensive smart home devices from Ikea (remotes, smart outlet, internal environmental m… --- ## [Busting moves in the data centre!](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/busting-moves-in-the-data-centre/412)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [7 July 2026 17:14 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/busting-moves-in-the-data-centre/412 "2026-07-07T17:14:15Z")
“Expiring SSL cert, that’s death by natural causes.” I like to think he danced past a few of our servers there. --- ## [Do you use version control, and how?](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/do-you-use-version-control-and-how/408)
**Author:** [@TheMM](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/TheMM)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2026 13:06 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/do-you-use-version-control-and-how/408 "2026-07-04T13:06:57Z")
I’m seeing Jujutsu mentioned in my feeds in higher frequency lately. Jujutsu is a version control software that’s compatible with Git. Its workflow is simpler, yet equally powerful. I haven’t tried it myself yet because … --- ## [Homelab Ingress / Reverse Proxy Architecture Design](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/homelab-ingress-reverse-proxy-architecture-design/410)
**Author:** [@belthesar](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/belthesar)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2026 11:15 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/homelab-ingress-reverse-proxy-architecture-design/410 "2026-07-04T11:15:06Z")
Fair warning: this is a bit “stream of consciousness” as I’ve largely copypasta’d this from our TSR IRC channel. I’m back on my homelab migration kick, this time with renewed fervor thanks to a time table! My Portainer … --- ## [What are your non-tech hobbies](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-are-your-non-tech-hobbies/409)
**Author:** [@defy](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/defy)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [4 July 2026 11:06 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/what-are-your-non-tech-hobbies/409 "2026-07-04T11:06:20Z")
What kinds of non-tech hobbies or interests are people into? I’m a hobbyist beekeeper, hence my avatar. At the moment only a single hive, but I’ve had as many as 4. They are just in my backyard. I was just gifted from … --- ## [Help me build my first server!](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/help-me-build-my-first-server/407)
**Author:** [@Defuneste](https://community.monospacementor.com/u/Defuneste)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [25 June 2026 23:31 UTC](https://community.monospacementor.com/t/help-me-build-my-first-server/407 "2026-06-25T23:31:02Z")
So I asked people and got myself a free computer that was dusting in someone garage. This is a macbook pro with: 16GB of RAM! 2.6ghz quad core intel i7 500 GB ssd. Screen is nice so it is bit sad for a server and als… [Next page](https://community.monospacementor.com/latest.md?page=1)