Notes from Andreas Zweili

This site contains various notes which I think might be useful or interesting to someone else.

How we started to donate to Open Source at work

Pitching the idea

As you might have seen in the news, there have been a lot of articles over the years that Open Source software doesnt receive enough support, especially financially.

At my employer Contria GmbH we use a lot of Open Source s...

Migrating from x86 to ARM (Raspberry Pi)

I’ve run my services on used Dell and HP servers for a few years now. I’ve decided a few months ago that I want to replace my x86 Dell server with a bunch of...

Switching to NixOS

A few months ago a friend showed me a Linux distribution called [[NixOS]]. I was immediately hooked by the idea. The two things that intrigued me the most where:

  • The ability...

Streaming services and suggestion algorithms

My first streaming service was [[Google Play Music]]. It was at the time the only service wich let you upload your own music. This was at the time very...

I recently upgraded to un iPad Air 2020 from a iPad 2018. As with the iPad I wanted to use the Paperlike screen protector again. So right at the beginning I applied the screen protector. However I was...

Airflow and Temperature in a Lehmann Acoustic Rack

I’ve recently bought a Lehmann acoustic rack with silent fans for for my home 1. The main reason being that storing a server under your couch can...