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    The Narrow Road Between Desires

    Apr 21, 2024  | 1 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    Follows the adventures of Bast doing Bast things around the Waystone inn. A fun small expansion of the character Bast meandering through the his day. He really is the dashing, conniving rouge.

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    2024 Charleston Foodie List

    Mar 23, 2024  | 3 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    It's a Thursday night, and I'm looking for a great dining experience with my wife. A colleague is in town and wants to sample "a unique Charleston experience." Most common yet, friends are coming in from up north and are asking for a recommendation. What follows is my personal list of food recommendations for …

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    Filtering (Fake) Phishing Emails

    Jan 31, 2024  | 4 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    Filtering (Fake) Phishing Emails

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    There are times throughout the year at work when I will unknowingly be subjected to red team testing in the form of phishing email attempts. These are vital in validating an organization's ability to detect and respond to unfriendly actors attempting to gain access to unauthorized data. While keeping these detection …

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    Jellyfin Joy: How to Turn Old DVDs into Your Personal Streaming Library

    Sep 29, 2023  | 6 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    Jellyfin Joy: How to Turn Old DVDs into Your Personal Streaming Library

    With streaming services like Netflix clamping down on password sharing, I've been reevaluating the number of subscriptions I maintain. This is less about being stingy and more about making TV time something that is more intentional. I want to avoid the "are you still watching" effect of solving boredom by …

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    2023 South East Linux Fest

    Jun 9, 2023  | 1 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    Because I can't help myself, I've created a schedule for SELF 2023. I've also included a PDF version of the schedule for those who want to print it out.

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    Lightbox Gallery with Go Templates in Hugo

    Jan 18, 2021  | 4 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    I typically spend my weekends shooting landscape photography or hacking away my newest side project. Trying to start the new year off by killing two birds with one stone, I embarked to build a lightweight lightbox component into my fresh hugo blog.

    I want a reusable component, that once complete will allow me to …

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    Find mysql Table Size

    Sep 22, 2017  | 2 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    TL;DR

    A sql query to list the size of database tables on a mysql server.

    1SELECT concat( table_schema, '.', table_name ) table_name,
2       concat( round( data_length / ( 1024 *1024 ) , 2 ) , 'M' ) data_length,
3       concat( round( index_length / ( 1024 *1024 ) , 2 ) , 'M' ) index_length,
4 …

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    WTF is Sculpin

    Mar 7, 2017  | 6 min read
     | Chris Zietlow Profile Image Chris Zietlow

    Recovering Software Engineer, Philomath, Shitty Photographer, Technologist, believes the oxford comma isn't optional.

    WTF is Sculpin

    Sculpin is a static site generator written in PHP. And WTF is a static site generator? It's a tool for generating html files using raw data like TWIG and markdown. It's great for a website that has content that doesn’t need to be updated by multiple users on a regular basis, authentication, search, or any logic that …

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