Thoughts about Software, Networking, and Life
I really like the Crusader network test application for measuring network throughput and latency. It’s cross-platform and provides a useful reference for network measurements. But the macOS binary opens a …
Creating a macOS application bundle Read MoreI wanted to create a macOS bundle for an application that I use frequently, and wanted it to have an attractive icon. I had a good PNG image, and knew …
Creating a macOS iconset (.icns) file Read MoreI’ve been following the progress of qStudio – a SQL IDE that runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It’s great for running SQL queries against a database. I haven’t used …
qStudio & PRQL – a pretty good match Read MoreIf you work much with OpenWrt, you likely have a pile of older routers that you’re no longer using. But what to do with them? You could pass them along …
Configure a “spare router” Read More@SiemusS recently asked me to review the draft documentation for FQ_CoDel for OPNsense. The document turned into a fairly nice description of the FQ_CoDel algorithm. See https://github.com/opnsense/docs/blob/master/source/manual/how-tos/shaper_bufferbloat.rst
OPNsense Fights Bufferbloat Read MoreI do a lot of work with spreadsheets. Some are pretty simple, and I can inspect them by hand. Some are enormously complicated – hundreds of rows, dozens of columns, …
ExceLint is working again Read MoreThe PRQL project provides a simple, powerful, pipelined SQL replacement. To make it easier to share the development environment, there is a Dev Container that bundles the dozens of components …
PRQL Dockerfile works again Read MoreAs we take a shot at opening people’s eyes to bufferbloat, we should know some of the “objections” we’ll run up against. Even though there’s terrific technical data to back …
All the “reasons” that bufferbloat isn’t a problem Read MoreI regularly record public meetings in my town and post them on Youtube. This allows residents who could not attend the meeting in person to see what occurred. It also …
Using ffmpeg to massage image, audio, and video Read MoreWe promise not to fix it if we don’t know it’s broke. My mentor at Dartmouth College, Stan Dunten, said this all the time. That’s why I always send in …
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