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December 2022

New Rule

Posted on December 29, 2022 at 16:09

Alongside “don’t drink coffee too late at night” I have a new rule to make sure I get a good night’s sleep: “never fire up Wireshark after 10pm”.

Docker-in-Docker and host resolution errors

Posted on December 7, 2022 at 10:37

This article documents a particularly niche issue I ran into which took a while to debug and resolve. I’ve posted it for the benefit of search engines, so that the next person to run into these exact conditions might save a few hours. You’re welcome.

This is probably interesting only to someone in my exact situation, so most people should find some cat pictures to look at instead. If you’ve been directed here by a search engine because you’re tearing your hair out, though, read on.

Why I Unfollowed You

Posted on December 1, 2022 at 23:20

So, I used to follow you on Twitter, but now I don’t. What’s up with that?