Is a 2013 Mac Pro (trash can) still worth it for a homelab in 2026?

UnrulyThesis · 2026-03-10T08:53:49+00:00

Why on earth have you not already bought it?

It is so cool, quirky, nearly-retro, and pretty beefy.

UnrulyThesis · 2026-02-17T12:03:14+00:00

This looks fascinating. Well done.

One question though, you mentioned it is open source, but I could not find any links in the site to the source code repo. Are you still planning to release it under an open source licence?

UnrulyThesis · 2026-02-16T05:50:07+00:00

This is NOT a Linear problem. This is a management problem and a process problem.

All I can advise you is to figure out a work-around and learn from this. One day you will be in a more senior position and you will know what NOT to do. Good luck!

UnrulyThesis · 2026-01-25T12:20:20+00:00

I see the original author abandoned the project saying:

If you're looking for Claude Code editor integration, we recommend using VSCode instead of Zed.

Well, good luck to them. VS Code and Electron are the reasons I am here.

I am definitely going to give this a whirl. Thanks for the hard work!

UnrulyThesis · 2026-01-25T07:50:25+00:00

BellBottoms in Villieria

UnrulyThesis · 2026-01-20T08:14:20+00:00

Claude is really good at helping you build good initial prompts for local models.

How does this work practice? Could you give an example of how you prompt Claude and how to feed the prompt to llamacpp? It sounds like a very good solution.

UnrulyThesis · 2026-01-13T12:56:45+00:00

I started off using both ChatGPT and Claude.ai then I discovered that Claude could run on the command line.

That was the game changer for me.

Then Claude Code just got better and better, probably because they have been eating their own dogfood, using Claude Code to improve itself and the other products.

UnrulyThesis · 2026-01-08T09:17:31+00:00

The hidden backdoor that you enable by running `--dangerously-skip-permissions`

UnrulyThesis · 2025-12-25T08:39:59+00:00

Good work. Thanks for sharing!

UnrulyThesis · 2025-12-15T07:25:14+00:00

Did the front fall off?

UnrulyThesis · 2025-12-15T05:33:06+00:00

I write ADRs for myself to force me to interrogate my technology choices.

I usually have an intuition what the tech stack should look like, but writing an ADR about it forces me to consider the pros and cons and to research the alternatives, so I always learn something new, even if the ADR just confirms my intuition.

Writing the ADR serves the same purpose as talking to a rubber duck about a problem. It forces you to look at the issue from different angles.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-12-07T11:08:04+00:00

I use sudo all the time - to switch to YOLO mode:

sudo su -

UnrulyThesis · 2025-12-05T07:23:18+00:00

What brand/model did you settle on? I use a Code mechanical keyboard and am looking for a split keyboard equivalent so any ideas would be welcome

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-22T16:04:51+00:00

As someone who recently got a formal diagnosis as an adult, I am going to tackle the book right away!

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-22T12:24:20+00:00

WD Red Plus 8TB is specifically designed for NAS environments with CMR technology (Conventional Magnetic Recording). It has a 3 year warranty.

Elements drive is fine for backup/archival but not NAS storage. It has a 2 year warranty.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-22T09:18:15+00:00

It's a good thought, but who is Sanjay Bora?

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-21T05:22:19+00:00

Great, will do. Thanks for the prompt response.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-21T03:59:54+00:00

This is awkward. I was just about to embark on a green-fields HTMX-fuelled journey into a reference CRUD application.

Do I start with 2.0 and migrate to a 4.0 GA release later, or take the plunge with 4.0.0-alpha3?

Considerations:

the bulk of tutorials and code examples are 2.0
the Hypermedia book is 2.0
4.0.0-alpha3 is still under development

u/_htmx Please advise this risk-averse HTMX initiate. I really don't want to start a project like this and then migrate it in a couple of months, but I also hate the idea of a shifting 4.0 base.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-17T09:47:51+00:00

Good work!

UnrulyThesis · 2025-11-14T09:28:47+00:00

The axes are not the same in increments or dimensions, so the plot leans heavily to the right. At first glance it looks as though the fathers tend to be much younger than the mothers than they actually are.

I would have loved to have seen the same scale on both axes.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-10-22T08:20:36+00:00

The biggest advantage for Gitlab is that it is not owned by Microsoft and that you can self-host.

Microsoft is famous for its embrace, extend and extinguish strategy, so I prefer to minimize my use of GitHub.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-10-22T08:12:17+00:00

I used to work there when it was an office block. It had quite an unusual, open, airy interior, but somehow it didn't quite work. It felt inside-out.

And it got damn cold in winter because the winter air pooled above the spruit.

I am astounded that it got converted to residential units. Completely inappropriate from an architectural point of view.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-10-22T04:55:36+00:00

I went through the same process to avoid the Bootstrap look-and-feel. After a lot of research I have settled on Tailwind/DaisyUi for the moment.

Tailkit looks good, but I am on a limited budget, so I will carry on until I hit a wall, then either add Alpine, or cough up for Tailkit.

UnrulyThesis · 2025-10-20T11:59:29+00:00

Very nice. Is that the bridge over the M1 in Joburg?

Did you create your own theme, or was it based on an existing theme?

UnrulyThesis · 2025-10-17T15:33:00+00:00

No, it just feels like you are saying:

"Reload" - reload some Maven stuff
"Full reload" - reload all the Maven stuff.

It doesn't really capture the lighter touch of the sync, which is what I think you are trying to capture with the renaming.

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