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Cleaned up an old git repo of Ansible playbooks and it's amazing how much is just Docker now. Docker handles process supervision, centralises logging, and containers coexist without issues. It's nice when things get simpler.

OpenBSD replacing sudo with doas, as a simpler, easier to reason about alternative: https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/doas The motivation resonates with me too: I only ever use sudo for personal usage, not managing complex groups of users with different permissions.

Filecoin is solving a real consumer problem (needing backup storage but having empty local capacity,) using blockchain protocols! https://filecoin.io/blog/filecoin-proof-system/ Blockchain problems can sometimes be replaced with simpler tech, but this seems like a great match.