mastodon 4.7.3Have GNU, Will Travel.
I'm an #SRE in Denver.
I mostly talk about #cooking, #cats, my #aquarium and #homeassistant.
My projects are at https://unixorn.github.io/projects/
#fedi22 #actuallyautistic #adhd #neurodiversity #cats #foodie #cooking #zsh #homeassistant #smarthome #homeautomation #opensource #foss #python #scifi #sre #devops #voteblue #searchable #aquarium #shrimptank #nanotank
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Periodic reminder - I'm maintaining the Internet of Trash list - https://github.com/unixorn/internet-of-trash/.
This is a list of devices to avoid with the reason why - typically companies like Chamberlain that lock out local control or put it behind a paywall.
If you've found a device that sucks, please make a PR or an issue about it so I can update the list.
Periodic reminder for people interested in #HomeAssistant
There is a @homeassistant@fedigroups.social bot that replaces the old gup.pe home assistant bot.
Mention it in your homeassisitant posts and it will boost them. Follow it to see all the #homeasistant posts it boosts that may not normally get federated to your instance.
There’s also @homeassistant@tagpush.app - follow that and it will automatically boost everything you post with #homeassistant without you having to remember to mention the bot.
For those who don’t know, these bots exist because when you look for a a hashtag, your server only checks the posts that have been federated to it.
In order for a message to be federated to your server, the author (or one of the people boosting it) have to be followed by someone on your server. If no one touching the message is being followed, it’ll never get federated to your server and you won’t see it.
Hashtags are great for finding messages, but only messages that were federated to your server. They don’t help message propagation, but these bots will.
Periodic git-extra-commands announcement
https://github.com/unixorn/git-extra-commands is a collection of #git helper scripts and other git-related resources I've accumulated over the years.
You don't need a ZSH framework to use it - the framework code just adds the repo's bin directory to your PATH automatically.
Saw this on slack - https://github.com/Lucaslhm/Flipper-IRDB
It's a collection of codes for Flipper Zero so you can use it as a remote control.
I'm tagging in IOT and HomeAssistant because the codes could be converted for use there.
#FlipperZero #Flipper0 #iot #HomeAssistant @homeassistant@fedigroups.social
Periodic reminder for people interested in #HomeLab
There is a @homelab@fedigroups.social bot that replaces the old gup.pe homelab bot.
Mention it in your homelab posts and it will boost them. Follow it to see all the homelab posts it boosts that may not normally get federated to your instance.
For those who don’t know, these bots exist because when you look for a a hashtag, your server only checks the posts that have been federated to it.
In order for a message to be federated to your server, the author (or one of the people boosting it) have to be followed by someone on your server. If no one touching the message is being followed, it’ll never get federated to your server and you won’t see it.
Hashtags are great for finding messages, but only messages that were federated to your server. They don’t help message propagation.
Periodic reminder that I maintain a list of git resources - a collection of extra commands, links to useful utilities, links to blog posts, etc.
https://github.com/unixorn/git-extra-commands #git #sre #devops
If you're in a position where you have to deal with incidents, whether as a commander or a responder, this is worth reading.
https://greatcircle.com/blog/2026/04/07/gene-kranz-gold-standard/
Periodic reminder for people interested in #HomeAssistant
There is a @homeassistant@fedigroups.socialbot that replaces the old gup.pe home assistant bot.
Mention it in your home asssitant posts and it will boost them. Follow it to see all the #homeassistant posts it boosts that may not normally get federated to your instance.
There’s also @homeassistant@tagpush.app - follow that and it will automatically boost everything you post with #homeassistant without you having to remember to mention the bot.
For those who don’t know, these bots exist because when you look for a a hashtag, your server only checks the posts that have been federated to it.
In order for a message to be federated to your server, the author (or one of the people boosting it) have to be followed by someone on your server. If no one touching the message is being followed, it’ll never get federated to your server and you won’t see it.
Hashtags are great for finding messages, but only messages that were federated to your server. They don’t help message propagation, but these bots will.
Every time I update my United credentials I get irritated by their #infosec incompetence.
The security questions require you to pick answers only from a dropdown menu. It barely even qualifies as checkbox security.
What other incompetence is hiding behind the scenes?
Tumult macOS Plugin Announcement
#mastodon #tumult #zsh
If you're using a Mac, check out https://
github.com/unixorn/tumult.plugin.zsh
It's a collection of scripts I've accumulated over the years that lets you control some of your Mac's behavior from the CLI.
You don't need a ZSH framework to use it - the framework code just adds the repo's bin directory to your $PATH automatically. If you're not using a framework, add it's bin directory to your $PATH.
Found this nice tui for kubernetes this weekend - https://github.com/janosmiko/lfk
One of the things I like about it is that it has #argocd specific logic - you can use it to alter argo settings and do other things you might otherwise do with the argocd command line tool
Looks pretty neat, especially for #homelab @homelab@fedigroups.social #k8s users
Periodic reminder for people interested in #HomeAssistant
There is a @homeassistant@fedigroups.socialbot that replaces the old gup.pe home assistant bot.
Mention it in your home asssitant posts and it will boost them. Follow it to see all the #homeassistant posts it boosts that may not normally get federated to your instance.
There’s also @homeassistant@tagpush.app - follow that and it will automatically boost everything you post with #homeassistant without you having to remember to mention the bot.
For those who don’t know, these bots exist because when you look for a a hashtag, your server only checks the posts that have been federated to it.
In order for a message to be federated to your server, the author (or one of the people boosting it) have to be followed by someone on your server. If no one touching the message is being followed, it’ll never get federated to your server and you won’t see it.
Hashtags are great for finding messages, but only messages that were federated to your server. They don’t help message propagation, but these bots will.
@thegibson@masto.hackers.town @cyanautik@infosec.exchange
I act with the assumption that all #IOT devices will never get firmware updates, so I won't get anything that isn't controllable locally.
Where possible I'll reflash devices with #ESPHome because that gets updates.
Always remember that the two S-es in IOT stand for security and support.
I made a helm chart for running Eclipse Mosquitto in a k8s cluster for my Home Assistant and wrote a blog post showing how to configure and install it.
https://unixorn.github.io/post/homelab/k8s/06-install-mqtt/
#k8s #homelab #homeassistant #mqtt #mosquitto #helm @homeassistant@fedigroups.social @homelab@fedigroups.social #selfhosting #iot
If you're using a Mac, check out https://
github.com/unixorn/tumult.plugin.zsh
It's a collection of scripts I've accumulated over the years that lets you control some of your Mac's behavior from the CLI.
You don't need a ZSH framework to use it - the framework code just adds the repo's bin directory to your PATH automatically
4th Generation Shelly security issue
https://troypoint.com/smart-home-flaw-lets-hackers-open-your-garage-door/
TL;DR - 4th generation Shelly devices are leaving their 'Shelly' WIFI AP on that's used for initial configuration, even after they've been configured to join your real WIFI network. Anyone can join it and issue commands to the device, like opening your garage door.
@homeassistant@fedigroups.social #homeassistant #smarthome #iot
This is the way. After we remodeled our kitchen, all the new appliances had wifi options.
salesman said "You can control the temperature settings of your fridge/preheat your oven when you're on your way home. It's so convenient"
Super convenient for the jackass black hat who decides to defrost every BRANDNAME fridge in North America for the lolz.
Or worse, turns on every oven.
OH on slack:
> The world needs more musical post-mortems. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p03oO_7sCaY
Yet another reason to not enable passkeys anywhere.
https://blog.timcappalli.me/p/passkeys-prf-warning/
TL;DR - If an idiot website uses your passkey to encrypt your data, losing/deleting the passkey will almost certainly mean losing your data.
Of course we should all be backing up our stuff locally instead of trusting cloud services, especially for irreplaceable things like pictures and movies, but lets be real, the average user doesn't.
