A CI server for Nix builds. Optimized to take advantage of Nix’s reproducible builds by integrating a Nix store as a build cache.
Matthias
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I just finished migrating my Mailcow installation from a native Kubernetes port that I had made by hand and that was becoming impossible to update to a more streamlined (albeit wasteful with resources) deployment where I wrap docker-compose and a dedicated Docker instance in a Kata container that I run as a Kubernetes pod.
The container is built as a Nix expression and is available in my public Kubeia repository, which contains part of my Kubernetes deployment configuration and image build scripts. A README is available too, in case you would like to try running it yourself.
Do note that the Kubernetes deployment file is just provided as an example. It contains some pretty specific references to my particular deployment – view it as something like a template that you will have to copy and fill with your own data. Another idiosyncracy is that I really really dislike running multiple database servers on a single piece of hardware and so I kluged something in that makes Mailcow use my already provisioned MariaDB instance rather than its own. In other words, your mileage may very much vary.
A C library that you can use to build native binaries that are portable between Linux, macOS, various BSDs, and Windows. An impressive hack.
Generalized categorical Haskell base type classes with class constraints.
A simple systems programming language.
A terse, yet easy to follow walk through some of the higher-level GHC language extensions. Features DataKinds, TypeFamilies, and UndecidableInstances among others.
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A small Lisp on top of Lua. Useful wherever Lua is used to script things.
A binary cache for Nix builds. Makes use of Nix’s reproducible and pure nature to share build artifacts between yourself and your colleagues and even your CI, too.
Easy forms for JavaFX.
Various controls and utilities for JavaFX applications.
A JavaFX theme based on Microsoft’s Metro design (or Fluent Design System as they call it nowadays).
If you plan to check out the GitHub repo, note that you have to switch to the 11 branch unless you are still on Java 8.
UI controls for JavaFX.
A Raspberry Pi I/O library for Java.
For when your JBoss application has to tap GPIO pins.
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Now GraalVM is truly Enterprise.
Ja, dürfen sie, aber immer nur ein Elternteil und nur, wenn das Kind selbst auf dem Gehweg fährt und fahren muß.
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Takeaways:
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- self-restraint vs. entitlement: Self-restraint is what makes entitlement possible. By constantly insisting on pushing the boundaries of your freedom, you damage the foundation of it. More generally, what you are allowed to do is a bad guide on what you ought to do.
The part on self-restraint and entitlement can also be flipped around: On a societal level, it is neither possible nor desirable to mandate good behavior.