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.. date: 2016-01-29 07:22:27 UTC
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Blog
====

The `blog </blog/>`_ on this site has editorial content and is not limited to
topics related to technology. It covers a wide variety of things I am
passionate about.

Dev Blog
========

My `dev blog <https://aikchar.dev/blog/>`_ is a space for me to share
what I learn as I tinker with technology at work and home. It has been online
since 2007. It started as a personal space for keeping notes.
I never imagined it would be successful at the scale of exceeding 1.5+ million
total views and 700+ comments while hosted by WordPress. I am migrating posts
from its `old host <https://codeghar.wordpress.com/>`_ as time permits but both
old and new hosts are online and serving content for the foreseeable future.

Learning AI
===========

I am actively spending time to dig deep into AI. I created a mind map to guide
my learning. I am reading books on how Large Language Models (LLM) are built.

Open Source Project: pytest-hidecaptured
========================================

`pytest-hidecaptured <https://aikchar.dev/pytest-hidecaptured/>`_
is a pytest plug-in that removes captured output so it is not displayed. It is
MIT-licensed.

Open Source Project: brokerlso
==============================

`brokerlso <https://aikchar.dev/brokerlso/>`_ is a small Python library to
create Qpid Management Framework (QMF) version 2 messages. It is MIT-licensed.

Open Source Project: Seagull
============================

`Seagull <https://aikchar.dev/seagull/>`_ is a GPL-licensed test tool to
generate traffic for multiple network protocols. I forked the original repo to
add patches so it can build on modern Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu 14.04
and CentOS 7.

Contributions to Open Source Projects
=====================================

Fixed Fedora project documentation for Raspberry Pi to
`add instructions to resize LVM after booting <https://forge.fedoraproject.org/docs/quick-docs/pulls/922>`_
and
`add FAQ entry for systems without Real-Time Clock (RTC) <https://forge.fedoraproject.org/docs/quick-docs/pulls/1101>`_.

`Bug report <https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PROTON-1517>`_
to Apache Qpid Proton and
`patch <https://github.com/apache/qpid-proton/pull/110>`_.

`NetBSD Problem Report #52178 <http://gnats.netbsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-single.pl?number=52178>`_
which resulted in a patch in
`revision 1.23.2.1 in pkgsrc-2017Q1 branch <http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/pkgsrc/lang/go/version.mk?rev=1.23.2.1&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup>`_.

`Pull request 424 to conda-docs <https://github.com/conda/conda-docs/pull/424>`_.

`Bug report to Docker Compose <https://github.com/docker/compose/issues/4633>`_.

`Bug report to sipp <https://github.com/SIPp/sipp/issues/83>`_.

`Bug report to freebsd-ERL-build <https://github.com/cperciva/freebsd-ERL-build/issues/4>`_.

Other contributions through mailing lists such as
`freebsd-current <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current>`_
and
`freebsd-arm <https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-arm>`_.

Miscellaneous
=============

* `Build Bootable FreeBSD Image for Raspberry Pi 2 <https://aikchar.dev/blog/build-bootable-freebsd-image-for-raspberry-pi-2-with-vagrant-crochet-and-salt.html>`_
* `FreeBSD Network Gateway on EdgeRouter Lite <http://codeghar.com/blog/freebsd-network-gateway-on-edgerouter-lite.html>`_
* `OpenBSD Network Gateway on EdgeRouter Lite <http://codeghar.com/blog/openbsd-network-gateway-on-edgerouter-lite.html>`_

Other Interests
===============

I spent considerable time working with and learning
`FreeBSD <https://www.freebsd.org/>`_,
`Raspberry Pi <https://www.raspberrypi.org/>`_,
`Erlang <https://www.erlang.org/>`_,
`Go <https://golang.org/>`_,
`Rust <https://www.rust-lang.org/en-US/>`_,
`Swift <https://swift.org>`_, and
`OpenBSD <https://www.openbsd.org/>`_.