- switching between #Zig versions, I liked it more than the dedicated anyzig
- #Python venv activation – it's silly but feels so good, and collaborates with uv
- ensuring I have the right language server and formatter for a project, be it #Lua, #TypeScript, and trying out various options for Python
- setting LANG="C.UTF-8" only in the specific project folder because #Ansible refused to work with Polish...

The final boss was getting a really comfortable Tree-sitter setup: get the #Rust CLI, write grammar in #JavaScript, re-generate and run tests on source change as a mise Task. And then I only cloned the repo on another machine and was ready to go!

This post was written as a more cultured outlet for my excitement instead of aggresively committing mise.toml into every repository I touch

🖥️ My ultra-budget server powering http://websysctl.alfonsosiciliano.net has been running smoothly for the past 2 months. So far, so good!

📈 #Crawlers hit tens of thousands of sysctl parameter pages daily. That's fine, since robots.txt allows it. But why keep requesting non-existent pages as if the site were built with WordPress 😤 ? Fortunately, the stack (#FreeBSD + #OpenResty 🌐 + #Lapis ✏️ + a custom-built #database 📦 ) stays well within the limited resources of my $5/month cloud server.

The code might soon be #OpenSource stay tuned!

#UNIX #sysctl #WebDev #WebServer #ThePowerToServe #coding #Lua #kernel

Alt...

Screenshot of the "Tree MIB" page from the WebSysctl site. The left panel shows an expandable tree view of the FreeBSD sysctl MIB hierarchy, with nodes like sysctl, kern, vm, sys, security, and their subcategories. The security.mac.mmap_revocation_via_cow node is selected. The right panel displays detailed information about this sysctl parameter, including its link, OID, name, description ("Revoke mmap access to files via copy-on-write semantics, or by removing all write access"), type (integer), format (I), flags (RD, WR, MPSAFE), label, and handler status (Defined). The top navigation bar includes links: Home, Docs, Table, Tree (highlighted), Update, Login, and Contacts.

This is what #FOSS promises to be, and it does feel nice to actually do it.