Vehbi Sinan Tunalioglu articles - 67 total
I Blogged Every Day for a Month -- Again
Today marks the final day of my second month-long blogging challenge. The first was in August last...
Daily Z Reports and Weekly Reviews
This is not about improving productivity, but rather a simple but bottom-up hack to improve personal...
Cross-Compiling Haskell under NixOS with Docker
I learned how to cross-compile Haskell projects under NixOS using Docker images for ARM...
The Terminal State of Mind
I use the terminal. Not because I am a command-line wizard or particularly efficient with it, but...
NixOS Rebuilds, Upgrades and Generation Diffs
Today, I upgraded my NixOS system to the latest version, v25.05. It went smoothly. I just want to...
Boring on Purpose: Bold Moves in Internal Tooling
Boring work is often the most effective work. It is the kind of work that might lead us to understand...
A Glimpse into My Shell
A glimpse into my shell history reveals the tools I rely on daily. These are not curated -- just raw,...
Data Definitions, Not Flowcharts
Computer programs are best understood in terms of the data they consume, process and produce....
Magic JSON in Haskell
Among all Haskell libraries I have used, the one I reach for the most is autodocodec. I will explain...
Hacking Haskell with Nix: Two Tricks
I have mentioned a few times in my posts that Haskell is my go-to language. This is true even for...
Hacking with mdBook
This post explores how to hack an mdBook project with scripts. A few days back, I wrote a blog post...
Haskell Project Template with Nix Flakes
This post introduces my Haskell project template powered by Nix Flakes -- a simple setup I use to...
Deadman Checks in Grafana
This post is a quick, technical note on how to set up deadman checks in Grafana with InfluxDB as the...
Stop Feeling Intimidated by Complexity
Let me tell you the conclusion up-front: Complexity is not inherently bad. The complications are the...
Choosing A Template Engine: The More Powerful Problem
Continuing on the topic of template engines, I would like to share my thoughts on the power of...
Thinking in Templates
I believe that there is value in thinking in templates when it comes to programming. I will try to...
SDK-Driven Development: A Litmus Test for Good Software Design
This-driven development, that-driven development, and now you should bother with this other thing? I...
Why I am Migrating From Zola Back to Hugo
This post is a summary of my recent decision to go back to Hugo after using Zola. I also report on...
Code is Liability
While programming, we often aim to avoid repetition. Repetition is boring, and ironically, much of...
Build a CLI Emoji Picker with fzf and Nix
In my blog post yesterday, I mentioned fzf. Its simplicity and power make it a good tool for many...
Wayland Application Launchers: Stick with Rofi
Today is a lazy Sunday, and I did what nobody should do on a Sunday: Spend time trying to replace...
GitHub Projects My Way
This post explains why and how I use GitHub for nearly everything. I will also explain how I use...
Time and Truth: Lessons from Tracking My Work with Watson
I started using Watson with low expectations. Two and a half years later, it is still one of the few...
Why and How to Patch a Python Package in Nix
I bumped into an annoying issue today while upgrading my Python dependencies in a codebase. And I...
Nix-Powered Python Development
After a few years of floating from one hack to another, this is my practical guide to setting up a...
Nix Flake Templates
Nix is now central to how I structure my workstation setups and manage development and production...
Working with OpenTelemetry Metrics
I have started adopting OpenTelemetry in my workshop to unify metrics, logs, and traces. This post...
Hold My Data
This post is about data snapshots, backups and archives, why we create and keep them, and how this...
Vectorized Data Pipelines
This post shows how to use Vector to capture and persist webhook events -- like those from SendGrid...
Ruff and Ready: Linting Before the Party
In this post, I share why I value linters and formatters, and how I migrate from traditional Python...