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Flatpak from the CLI Sucks

Posted by kowalski7cc on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:57AM
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https://kowalski7cc.xyz/blog/flatpak-from-the-cli-sucks/

Re:Flatpak from the CLI Sucks on Saturday October 03, 2026 @06:57AM (#49943110)

Flatpak is today's preferred distribution platform for graphical desktop apps, yet it isn't popular for terminal apps, and for good reason! Launching CLI apps is difficult and not very user-friendly. However, Flatpak can take inspiration from other systems to improve CLI app usage.

Short-lived certificates: a nuisance or an automation opportunity?

Posted by kowalski7cc on Saturday May 30, 2026 @06:43PM
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https://kowalski7cc.xyz/blog/short-lived-certificates/

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Re:Short-lived certificates: a nuisance or an automation opportunity? on Saturday May 30, 2026 @06:43PM (#48341314)

How the policy change of certification authorities can push IT towards better HTTPS certificate management

Re:Static web hosting on Kubernetes with OCI images as volumes on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:36PM (#48185252)

Taking advantage new Kubernetes features to simplify static site deployment, and not only, by using OCI images as container volumes along with vendor runtime images.

Static web hosting on Kubernetes with OCI images as volumes

Posted by kowalski7cc on Monday May 18, 2026 @04:36PM
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https://kowalski7cc.xyz/blog/kubernetes-web-hosting/

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Re:Space Cadet Pinball on Linux on Sunday May 10, 2026 @07:54AM (#48083223)

Sooner or later I'll split the game from data so the second part will be easier, allowing custom flatpaks to extend data. The flatpak has received updates especially for keeping an up-to-date runtime but the upstream game, however, has not and Flathub will only show appstream data for the update. You can see on the flatpak manifest repo that latest commit is 6 months old: https://github.com/flathub/com.github.k4zmu2a.spacecadetpinb...

Re:Show HN: I built a simple, open-source tool to manage servers and S... on Tuesday August 06, 2024 @12:20PM (#41172326)

You should really look into Ansible, and ssh_config...

Re:TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for more chips... on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:56AM (#40758382)

Hexagons are the bestagons

Re:TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for more chips... on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:55AM (#40758376)

Why not hexagons?

Re:Saturn's Hexagon on Thursday February 29, 2024 @07:11AM (#39548355)

Hexagons are the bestagons