2026-10-27T14:41:32Z https://nostr.now Benedikt Ritter (he/him) https://nostr.now/npub1zl366fyvjajchc5s8ajerjhx5ff9e9l29qnnq7zvc22uf82vk37sgm9swp https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/109/341/210/828/681/622/original/6c12a2d7fbaa1ba9.jpeg https://assets.chaos.social/accounts/avatars/109/341/210/828/681/622/original/6c12a2d7fbaa1ba9.jpeg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfg7s2kqg9qpptnm4r6qcyw2azlmnuhh3q62ntluv9v4jq7wt8m8szyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686fc0pcu 🚨 New blog post: Verified Agent Skills Managed by Nix <br/><br/>My agents edit the skills that live in my Nix configuration, so I want a broken skill to fail the build, not my agents. I added writeSkill, a helper that packages skills the way the nixpkgs writers do, with two checks at build time: skills-ref validate against the spec, ste-lint over the prose.<br/><br/><a href="https://britter.dev/blog/2026/10/28/verified-agent-skills-nix/">https://britter.dev/blog/2026/10/28/verified-agent-skills-nix/</a><br/><br/>#nix #nixos #ai #skills 2026-10-28T18:32:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4et7vj8xewxelwzshnlffat2ezdpdpuayvgsuupf97k979gp0egzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686xzes7d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd7glzlvw8ekugnm7ueg5m5luepl3wpm9kvxpahfyn94wqu2c6zrc0zvalf'>nevent1q…valf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was looking into Jolla / Sailfish OS because to me it feels like Google is slowly closing down Android. I know a lot of the things only apply to Google Android, such as developer verification. But I wonder if at some point the high ups decide it&#39;s not worth continuing to support AOSP. And what that would mean for Graphene. 2026-10-23T19:06:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8yvzz57p99ajsxxs5t83ak3cg8e0w5e6n8vpe8nung9tsrwspg9gzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6864d8a2h In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9jamu7rpuf9aj6mq6rtsyq648p0rs637tvgpln7ah2l9cuupk9kgrj9dhj'>nevent1q…9dhj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>but if I end up installing android apps through the android app support, I might as well upgrade to a Pixel 10 and continue using <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span>... 2026-10-23T17:34:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9jamu7rpuf9aj6mq6rtsyq648p0rs637tvgpln7ah2l9cuupk9kgzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6863q8986 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsprk3353824agghyd0ueadnluf2qxkp8ghey9wegcr4ekd0l4ts6cm0qevj'>nevent1q…qevj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>so I try to install storeman, which indicates it was successful, but the app icon never shows up anywhere. So I can&#39;t open the store. How to debug this? Use the file browser to open the install log. To bad that I don&#39;t seem to have a file browser and I can&#39;t install one.<br/><br/>Very disappointing first use experience. I wanted a phone that feels more like Linux. Instead I get the same app store BS again that drove me away from Apple and to some extend GrapheneOS. 2026-10-23T17:33:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsprk3353824agghyd0ueadnluf2qxkp8ghey9wegcr4ekd0l4ts6czyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6865y57xt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz75jqgreqqpxxkhz9p5h9chmh0q3rc27fq76t3gqje4gmuwl64fc7ky5ne'>nevent1q…y5ne</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>okay, let&#39;s ignore that for now. This means I can&#39;t use the build in app store. How do I install apps? Apperently there&#39;s something called OpenRepo. Okay, lets go there. Can I install apps now? No, you first need to install Storeman. 2026-10-23T17:30:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz75jqgreqqpxxkhz9p5h9chmh0q3rc27fq76t3gqje4gmuwl64fczyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686rhymny In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgn4ph8plhhctp65d6dehl38ydclcrv8nzzrx7rhk7s5s4udhmf0sqcux06'>nevent1q…ux06</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>in the packaging there is a cardboard cover on top of the phone, that talk about privacy and this is your phone.<br/><br/>However, when you first boot, it immediately asks you to create a Jolla account to get access to the Jolla app store, which apparently is required to get Sailfish OS updates.<br/><br/>Why do I need to create an account in order to get OS updates?! 2026-10-23T17:29:45Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgn4ph8plhhctp65d6dehl38ydclcrv8nzzrx7rhk7s5s4udhmf0szyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686k49mwc Received my <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xrs79m6zgv5cztlwkp4nf7wh5a2364x5a7ujwls6ydrckyy6v36qwxqupw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>jolla</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xrs…qupw</span>)</a></span> phone today. After first excitment about the build quality of the device the frustration started... 🧵 2026-10-23T17:27:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jqrsefr2qhkthxtdjyuplza36gdqku43j8j8jndcpmqcdcef78qzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6860qwhnz Stellt euch vor, wo wir stünden, wenn wir die Warnungen der Wissenschaft seit den 80ern ernst genommen hätten. Wir hätten konsquent in erneuerbare Energien und Dekarbonisierung investiert. Made in Germany das stünde für die fortschrittlichste und umweltfreundlichste Technologie am Markt.<br/><br/>Statt dessen: Diskussion über AKW Laufzeitverlängerung und Verbrenner-Aus Verschiebung.<br/><br/>Deutschland kann die Welt nicht alleine retten, aber wir könnten wengistens mit gutem Beispiel voran gehen.<br/><br/>#klimawandel 2026-06-28T12:13:38Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvsj9dqeawkgg3fvt50umg49zkxs40073d3ejrlz63zz9u23hcq8szyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686z30c69 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswg2tmfjk999u38f7nvmacl442lkzj6x3nlr2mfl8vg46ef5hh40csruwf8'>nevent1q…uwf8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>😆 2026-05-12T14:16:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsx9nd2kzss7jv87h0p7m0v8ku84cvvdagq30kx8arxckjgae2p8jczyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686zuvh0q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspxajlrq4shn436r4vz3fxgyt0ruqfvr2ndl4lryp2v52yhdwjc5ggkpcjv'>nevent1q…pcjv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>time to move to frogejo 🤷‍♂️ 2026-05-12T11:27:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy5wmtmffhyzaft43ehhd8xrewflrxqdncyxnej02e6jq6scyqnpczyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686u92eha In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4jzuhkhstyaan6a842tmjstgs5scxv2wld4d3pnvrkcjx5vgjgqpr3ek9'>nevent1q…3ek9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>also if you&#39;re running an alternative ROM, some banking apps refuse to run, because they expect Play integrity checks to pass, that OSes like <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1kwarc5z9lwhen05uknd2nuwhhthd4ws0cku3t9j3rchm0fcd6luslse0nj" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GrapheneOS</span> (<span class="italic">npub1kwa…e0nj</span>)</a></span> don&#39;t pass.<br/><br/>So you might end up with a bank that support tap to pay via their app, but that app only runs on stock android.<br/><br/>Honest opinion: mobile computing is a pretty big mess when it comes to privacy and freedom of choise. 2026-05-03T15:00:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy4jzuhkhstyaan6a842tmjstgs5scxv2wld4d3pnvrkcjx5vgjgqzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6868emm4d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz308m2ucrs7tqdqeedcllkufn3gyzqj69ksg7l4fcp660f4t7kqgee2k9w'>nevent1q…2k9w</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when you ask about Google Wallet, I think you&#39;re really asking about Google Pay.<br/><br/>There are alternatives to Google Wallet in the sense of an app that stores e.g. plane tickets.<br/><br/>If you&#39;re searching for a tap to pay solution like Google Pay, things get difficult. Some banks in Germany offer tap to pay via their app, but it&#39;s the exception. 2026-05-03T14:57:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyad46a7ea9zstrfmjnfvfzeawp8g87py5re0vn2ag0u76usnyf6czyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj68666ee65 GitHub recently announced that starting with v2.91.0 GitHub CLI will start sending pseudonymized telemetry data back to GitHub.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-22-github-cli-opt-out-usage-telemetry/">https://github.blog/changelog/2026-04-22-github-cli-opt-out-usage-telemetry/</a><br/><br/>Since this is an opt-out feature, most users will have it activated without knowing it. This is unacceptable in my opinion. So I took the liberty of turning this into an opt-in, disabled by default for nixpkgs.<br/><br/><a href="https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/515047">https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/pull/515047</a><br/><br/>#GitHub #nixos #nixpkgs #privacy 2026-04-30T17:13:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsty5jfwrde45xr8v8nzc66ul548gg0qswmy4lql5930eh20xlhltczyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj68638ycdj New blog post!<br/><br/>I finally started writing about my home lab. This post is about how I back up data using restic.<br/><br/>Full story: <a href="https://britter.dev/blog/2026/04/10/home-lab-backup-with-restic/">https://britter.dev/blog/2026/04/10/home-lab-backup-with-restic/</a><br/><br/>#homelab #selfhosting #nixos #restic #backup 2026-04-10T08:30:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj53h09g6tcsnr5jleqklsa8fsunav679fpant063wn0rumg2g0szyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686nl888e Finally got all the pieces in place to mount an NFS share from my new TrueNAS server into my NextCloud VM running on NixOS. Next step: move data and reconfigure datadirectory to point to the NFS share mount.<br/><br/>#homelab #truenas #nixos #nextcloud #selfhosting 2026-04-04T20:47:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdn8e2scv8ungvkl29s309p6ugyxk4amq5av58rqqrgear5zcnspszyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6860dtf9x Release Alert!<br/><br/>I just released version 2.2.0 of gh-get - A GitHub CLI extension in the spirit of the ghq tool. Cloning a repository is as easy as<br/><br/>gh get &lt;org&gt;/&lt;repo&gt;<br/><br/>This release features interactive progress login as well as automatically forking repostories.<br/><br/>Get it here: <a href="https://github.com/britter/gh-get">https://github.com/britter/gh-get</a><br/>Full Story: <a href="https://britter.dev/blog/2026/04/01/gh-get-v2-2-0/">https://britter.dev/blog/2026/04/01/gh-get-v2-2-0/</a><br/><br/>#GitHub #CLI 2026-04-01T06:57:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsptl8yzlgvud4nq0d9gmnv38ma4vu62z3z4gezhcw8xwvtmwm6nwszyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj6869t3076 I just backed Mecha Comet on KickStarter! <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mecha-systems/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-computer?ref=thanks-copy">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mecha-systems/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-computer?ref=thanks-copy</a><br/><br/>#linux #handheld #kickstarter 2026-01-29T13:51:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0ycfg506tuyf6lz7s8kq06na3ltmnmcv5mnmdamql99prvr7prcszyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686sdp392 <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fh736ae0xzk98s59wggazdpqg0g78mg2rwk7qf87ew96cqhc4lrst3ee83" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Codeberg</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fh7…ee83</span>)</a></span> I was about to apply for a membership but I&#39;m getting Internal Server Error when submitting the form 😕 2025-12-03T19:40:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszh3nvvjlqh7fkd9kc9sc4humh8eqhj93leqhya2kzqhf0gypuszqzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686vrxnx3 Days since half the internet went down because of a single US big tech company: 0<br/><br/>#cloudflare 2025-11-18T13:54:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr98rg0pzsh64pphalapqn4tzgzhsv4kfrtlypuw7k59evzm9m8lgzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686dr8drw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9ut35jjnmw8zuzj2533x3336832xya92yzpe77jdcsdpcdnph0ng8n37l2'>nevent1q…37l2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fh736ae0xzk98s59wggazdpqg0g78mg2rwk7qf87ew96cqhc4lrst3ee83" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Codeberg</span> (<span class="italic">npub1fh7…ee83</span>)</a></span> is a great example of a community taking care of hosting a service (gitea in this case) for the public 2025-09-08T07:27:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyhuh8pdqhm6drngfg0vxksduf5ddhq22gay3vx9chpxhzg6mqcegzyqt78tfy3jtktzlzjqlktyw2u639yhyhag5zwvrcfnpft3yafj686z96gx7 Converting my dad’s old windows box into a backup server that I can put into my mom‘s basement as an off site backup. Its like 15 years old but only has to run sshd for Restic backup via sftp. Connection via Tailscale. Install is fully automated with NixOS. Secrets managed with sops.<br/><br/>Thinking about writing a blog post about all of this. Let me know if there‘s anything in particular you want me to cover.<br/>#NixOS #Homelab #restic #tailscale #selfhosting<br/> <img src="https://assets.chaos.social/media_attachments/files/114/094/942/795/296/194/original/9aa1284b914a49c1.png"> <br/> 2025-03-02T21:35:21Z