Russell Ballestrini

Most-linked posts?

1. Dreaming of unlimited home computer storage capacity
   2 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2020-11-14
2. Can you code while in a dream?
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2011-01-11
3. Create your own fleet of servers with Digital Ocean and salt-cloud
   2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-08

What Hacker News says?

1. foxhop · 2022-01-10

   I AM self hosting gitlab, I'm working on a blog post next week to show how to stand one up and keep it up, including backups & restores. Check it out here: https://git.unturf.com/engineering Related: https://russell.ballestrini.net/russell-open-sources-remarkb...

   Comment linking /russell-open-sources-remarkbox-and-make-post-sell-into-public-domain/

   on “Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thousands of apps”
2. foxhop · 2011-06-11

   Submitted Connecticut Killed Affiliate Marketing with Amazon.com as a story · 100 points

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3. foxhop · 2020-04-11

   https://russell.ballestrini.net I blog about tech, cloud, programming (mostly python). I practice devops and I also garden. I love to think about systems and how to make them operate better. Started blogging over 10 years ago on WordPress, about 4 years ago I switched to pelican a static site generator. I launched Remarkbox ( https://www.remarkbox.com ) so that I could continue to have conversation with my readers,…

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   on “Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?”
4. foxhop · 2011-06-25

   Submitted Google Bot Attempts to Crawl Shortest URLs First as a story · 47 points

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5. foxhop · 2019-07-13

   There is risk in any investment. I bet that for the next 10 years, the price of energy will continue to sky rocket. https://russell.ballestrini.net/fulfilling-childhood-dreams-...

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   on “Giant batteries and cheap solar power are shoving fossil fuels off the grid”
6. foxhop · 2011-04-16

   Submitted Dropbox Encryption with TrueCrypt as a story · 33 points

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7. foxhop · 2018-08-03

   https://russell.ballestrini.net/about/ Static Site / blog made with Pelican and a custom theme, all open source. It's hosted at my house on an old thinkpad 430 with a cracked LCD running SmartOS.

   Comment linking /about/

   on “Building a Kickass Portfolio”
8. beigeotter · 2013-07-08

   Submitted Create your own fleet of servers with Digital Ocean and salt-cloud as a story · 12 points

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9. foxhop · 2020-11-14

   My data warehouse has always been a computer under my physical control with my data. TrueNAS 12 is awesome and hardware is a steal (ebay r720xd 128G with a bunch of disks) https://russell.ballestrini.net/dreaming-of-unlimited-home-c...

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   on “Personal Data Warehouses: Reclaiming Your Data”
10. foxhop · 2011-08-19

    Submitted Security Professionals: Yes we're vulnerable but that vector will never happen as a story · 7 points

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11. foxhop · 2022-01-01

    Remarkbox & Make Post Sell are open sourced under public domain: https://russell.ballestrini.net/russell-open-sources-remarkb... I'm looking for people to help me grow a Permacomputer: https://www.unturf.com

    Comment linking /russell-open-sources-remarkbox-and-make-post-sell-into-public-domain/

    on “Ask HN: Who wants to collaborate?”
12. mike_esspe · 2011-01-12

    Submitted Can you code while in a dream? as a story · 5 points

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13. foxhop · 2018-08-15

    At the very least gracefully degrade back to just text. Here is an example: https://russell.ballestrini.net/capability-driven-presentati...

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    on “The easiest way to keep your web apps accessible: Just use text”
14. foxhop · 2011-01-11

    Submitted I just used Google to purchase Chinese food takeout for two as a story · 5 points

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15. foxhop · 2017-11-10

    I wrote about this in 2011 - http://russell.ballestrini.net/programming-is-like-alchemy/ Programming is like Alchemy

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    on “Burn the Programmer”
16. foxhop · 2010-12-31

    Submitted four2go! I've completed my web application. Now what? as a story · 4 points

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17. foxhop · 2019-07-28

    I'm a core dev of stacker, it's worth taking a look at if you maintain Cloudformation templates. Makes life a lot better. At Remind (remind.com) we have nearly 600 separate Cloudformation stacks which build and maintain our stage and prod environments. This would be insane without stacker. As for this tweet, I'm fairly confident he is talking about a side projects or early startups and I agree with most of what he s…

    Comment linking /pre-signed-get-and-post-for-digital-ocean-spaces/

    on “How I use the good parts of AWS”
18. makerdiety · 2024-06-23

    Submitted Dreaming of unlimited home computer storage capacity as a story · 3 points

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19. foxhop · 2021-11-14

    Very cool, if you are into this sort of stuff I have a YouTube channel on growing food at home. https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC1eySW_9TiI5wnvTnIIw2Nw A blog post on my solar system I bought outright https://russell.ballestrini.net/fulfilling-childhood-dreams-...

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    on “Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels”
20. mooreds · 2019-08-16

    Submitted AWS NVMe to Block Mapping as a story · 3 points

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21. foxhop · 2018-08-06

    Hey there, I have the same vision. I drafted a blog post on Friday (just published it) discussing the first phase that I plan set in motion. I would like to partner up with you on this. Reference: https://russell.ballestrini.net/all-local-heros-need-a-gig-s...

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    on “Nile: decentralized, commission-free, local-economy focused Amazon alternative”
22. foxhop · 2012-04-27

    Submitted The most valuable registration field: How did you hear about us? as a story · 3 points

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23. foxhop · 2022-07-25

    I tried to use the gns system last year & got stuck, I blogged my progress here https://russell.ballestrini.net/gnunet-gns-nameserver-operat...

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    on “The GNU Name System”
24. foxhop · 2011-08-09

    Submitted Programming is like Alchemy as a story · 3 points

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25. foxhop · 2019-02-28

    Speaking of heat pumps, I installed one 2 months ago, and dropped my electricity bill for heating water from $85/mo to around $25/mo. This saved me around 69%! Reference: https://russell.ballestrini.net/hybrid-hot-water-heater-save...

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    on “Heat Your House with a Water Brake Windmill”
26. foxhop · 2022-01-01

    Submitted Public Domain Open Source SaaS: Remarkbox and MakePostSell! as a story · 2 points

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27. foxhop · 2013-07-30

    So you are the reason I started getting these error messages, I noticed the change on June 2, great work. If you are still reviewing salt, I just wrote a post about salt-cloud and DigitalOcean that you should check out - Create your own fleet of servers with Digital Ocean and salt-cloud: http://russell.ballestrini.net/create-your-own-fleet-of-serv...

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    on “Identical Droplets in the DigitalOcean: Regenerate your Ubuntu SSH Host Keys now”
28. foxhop · 2022-01-01

    Submitted Russell Open Sources Remarkbox and MakePostSell into Public Domain as a story · 2 points

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29. foxhop · 2019-02-21

    I agree with you on this. I wrote Remarkbox [0] to work without the need for Javascript. Remarkbox does "power up" [1] when Javascript is enabled. This means it works for completely static sites, with or without the _need_ for Javascript. [0] Remarkbox: https://www.remarkbox.com [1] Capability driven Presentation: https://russell.ballestrini.net/capability-driven-presentati...

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    on “Show HN: Commento: a fast, privacy-focused alternative to Disqus”
30. foxhop · 2011-12-19

    Submitted LinkPeek.com, webpage to image, was a by-product as a story · 2 points

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