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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 21/07/2026

Today I was working with some ADMX files (yep...) in #VisualStudioCode, but they lacked syntax highlighting. Initially, I thought I would need an extension for this, but (thankfully) I was wrong. These files are basically XMLs, and highlighting for XML is available.

Screenshot from Visual Studio Code presenting the Settings (User Settings) dialog with search "assoc" to search for 'Files: Associations' option. In the option is item '*.ADMX' and '*.admx' (upper and lower cased) with value 'xml'.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 21/07/2026

Oh, microVMs on #Proxmox - I must check it out locally, cuz it looks pretty awesome. And seems a nice idea to run e.g. Forgejo Actions workers using this. Write-up from @rcarmo here 👇 taoofmac.com/space/blog/2026/06/18/…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 20/07/2026

Pretty nice write-up about regressive JPEGs - the cool feature that allows to provide low-resolution image while higher-resolution is still downloading. maurycyz.com/projects/bad_jpeg

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 19/07/2026

I must say that process of updating Proxmox (in my home lab) is quite... nice and easy. Even with multiple nodes it is: * mark as maintenance, * drain node (to not have any containers / VMs running), * update & restart. And that is all. Both 7->8 and 8->9 worked flawlessly 🚀

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 08/07/2026

I was pretty sure my notebook had a Thunderbolt port, but it turns out it doesn't. I discovered this 4 years after buying it, so it clearly wasn't that necessary! 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 07/07/2026

New post: Building multi-architecture container images on GitLab CI banach.net.pl/posts/2026/building-m…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 03/06/2026

I am happy to share that I have been recognized as an Oracle ACE Pro! The best part of the community is still the same: people, sharing knowledge, learning from others, and the talks between the official parts of events. See you somewhere 'in the wild' 👀 #OracleACE

Oracle ACE Pro certificate for June 2026 - May 2027 issued for Kamil Banach. Certificate text: In recognition of your commitment to sharing knowledge, leading by example, helping others and making a positive difference to the Oracle Community worldwide. Thank you for your outstanding dedication.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 12/05/2026

This is the time for my first upgrade to newer #Fedora version! 🚀

Screenshot from Discover (software app) showing that Fedora 44 is available.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 25/04/2026

This is that famous work-life balance guardrail from agents? 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 13/04/2026

"Microsoft Has Killed Widgets Six Times. Here's Why They Keep Coming Back. " is a very interesting piece that describes multiple attempts to bring widgets to the Windows. (link at the end of the thread! 🧵)

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 08/04/2026

A nice text about working on side projects 🙂 > The enterprise will teach you how to write code that survives, but the shed is what ensures you actually still want to write it. 👇 dylanbutler.dev/blog/protect-your-s…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 07/04/2026

A very interesting read about why Switzerland has fast consumer internet connections while the USA and Germany do not. "The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn't" - sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 06/04/2026

I love working with #Java. I wanted to upgrade the app runtime from 17 to 21 - all I needed to do was install the new runtime, change the java.version property to 21, rebuild, and deploy. And that is all - everything is working perfectly 😍

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 26/03/2026

Okay, but wut? What is MacBook Air doing on my Thinkpad with Fedora? Discord, go home, you're drunk 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 26/03/2026

Very interesting read about JVM exceptions and how they are handled by catch and finally blocks. purplesyringa.moe/blog/jvm-exceptio…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 20/03/2026

Reading announcements like this makes me want to buy a Mac just to install Fedora on it 😂 fedoramagazine.org/fedora-asahi-rem…

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Oracle ACE Program @oracleace.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

📅 JEurope 2026 — March 24 | Warsaw 🇵🇱 Join one of the largest Java-focused conferences in Warsaw—and catch #OracleACE speakers sharing practical insights on today’s Java technologies, tools, and real-world challenges 🤝💡 jeurope.pl #OracleACE

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 17/03/2026

Today I finally finished my two-day journey of migrating tests to Testcontainers. This included running those tests on a GitLab CI runner that runs all in Docker. TBH I am starting to miss plain old Jenkins 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 08/03/2026

Nice write-up about resurrecting an old MacBook with Framework stuff - results in 'FrameBook' (catchy name!). Looks very nice! fb.edoo.gg

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 03/03/2026

TIL: Podman, by default, copies the content of host's /etc/hosts to container /etc/hosts. To prevent this, put the following content in ~/.config/containers/containers.conf: [containers] base_hosts_file = "none"

Screenshot of content of ~/.config/containers/containers.conf:

# ~/.config/containers/containers.conf
[containers]
base_hosts_file = "none"

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 03/03/2026

Yesterday I was working with an agent refactoring some code. The agent applied the changes, praised itself for the nice code, and tried to commit. It failed to commit and then reset the changes. 😂 The next step was "Oops, I removed the changes, I will now recreate them". 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 20/02/2026

Funny TIL - Apple Silicion chips (including those on mac books) have accelerometer built in, but not exposed. But somebody found it and wrote a script to read data from it 😄 github.com/olvvier/apple-silicon-ac…

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Andres Almiray @andresalmiray.com · 18/02/2026

Java CLIs in 2026: - scaffold with PicoCLI picocli.info - style with Tamboui tamboui.dev - launch with JBang www.jbang.dev - release with JReleaser jreleaser.org

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 18/02/2026

I just saw an announcement for TamboUI on Reddit - a terminal UI library for #Java. It looks awesome! 🎉 Link to the page: tamboui.dev

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Catherine Edelveis @edelveis.dev · 30/01/2026

A very nice feature of @jooq.org - implicit joins! No need to explicitly join child tables to retrieve parent's columns. SQL that feels like ORM :)

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 27/01/2026

And here we are - Tuesday, the last day of jChampions Conf! Just like the previous days, we've got 7 sessions today and again (coincidence? I think not!) these three look the most interesting to me 👇🧵

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Michael Reeves @integralpilot.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now WORKING! Super excited to share this update and happy to answer any questions! Co-credits to noopwafel and Shiz. :)

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 26/01/2026

Day 3 of jChampions Conf is on! 🚀 Agenda is packed again, but these 3 talks caught my eye 👇🧵

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 23/01/2026

Time for day 2 of jChampions Conf! 🚀 Just like yesterday (and like previous years) the agenda is stacked with interesting talks. For me, these three caught my eye 👇🧵

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 22/01/2026

Did you know the jChampions Conference ( jchampionsconf.com ) starts today? Now you do - and the first session begins in under 4 hours! 😄 Today's agenda is packed with great stuff, but these three sessions caught my eye 🧵 👇

jchampionsconf.com

JChampions Conference

Conference organized by Java Champions and featuring Java Champions in the presentations.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 20/01/2026

A very nice course (and free!) that's happening right now - 3 out of 9 lessons are already available on YouTube. It’s all about "what they didn't teach you during your studies" - Git, terminal basics, debugging, and more. Worth checking out 😃 missing.csail.mit.edu

missing.csail.mit.edu

The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

Master powerful tools that will make you a more productive computer scientist and programmer.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 16/01/2026

D'oh, system update on Pixel devices is one of a kind. Initially, it displays a message saying "up to date, last checked at 4:06." However, upon pressing "check for update," it suddenly "discovers" a new update and begins downloading it. Why?! 🙁

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 13/01/2026

toolbx - containertoolbx.org - is quite impressive. 🚀 I just migrated plain npx something into running command from a container - to separate it (a bit... 😉) from my OS.

containertoolbx.org

toolbx

Tool for interactive command line environments on Linux

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 06/01/2026

Guys, we did it. We invented the Commodore 64

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 06/01/2026

Oh, not sure why it ends in the replies. But here we go, with link www.youtube.com/watch?v=KysFzAMfLnc&pp=0gcJCTwKAYcqIYzv 😀

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Scooby RAM, where are you?

YouTube video by JChampions Conference

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 06/01/2026

A nice post about icons on Mac OS Tahoe (from Nikita Prokopov aka tonsky) - why they're somewhat difficult to understand 👇 tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 05/01/2026

I have just subscribed, that means I paid for the yearly usage, to SourceHut (sourcehut.org)! 🚀

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 05/01/2026

Oh, I just found out that I can replace ngrok with Cloudflare Tunnel 😍 I can use custom domain, with same feature set , or least same for me as I need only plain basic HTTP(S). Single command to run. Stay tuned for instruction (as a blogpost!) 😄

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 05/01/2026

When installing the new operating system, I forgot to export my GPG keys. Fortunately, I found a way to read them directly from the backup. I wrote a post outlining steps (mostly for future me) 👇 banach.net.pl/posts/2026/export-and…

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 31/12/2025

I published two posts on my blog this week - it is second and third post this year. This means I've already tripled my output compared to all of 2024! 😂

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 29/12/2025

I spent a while improving the OG images for posts on my blog - the results is below - after on top, before on bottom. 🎉

OG Images (for social media) for post 'Adding SSH keys on autostart in KDE (for IntelliJ)' - first one is after, the second is before.

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 29/12/2025

Did I wrote - more post about Fedora? Here it is! Not directly about Fedora, but about SSH, Git and Intellij. And mysterious passphrase popup. 👇 banach.net.pl/posts/2025/a...

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Adding SSH keys on autostart in KDE (for IntelliJ)

Resolving issue with the IntelliJ popup to enter SSH key passphrase - with the, probably, simplest way ever, which is… add all keys after the login!

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 27/12/2025

Welp, my wifi worked pretty slow (like 3-4 times slower than expected!) and I was not sure why. Turns out that I installed opensnitch in version 1.6.5 instead of 1.8.0 - how? I do not know - which caused issues. 🤦 After update everything works as expected. 🎉

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 27/12/2025

Well, looks like I migrated from Manjaro to Fedora. And I like it! Fedora (with KDE) seems like the most polished distro I've ever worked on.

Screenshot from Fedora 43, with opened Firefox (with Fedora project page) and Konsole (with fastfetch presenting some info about computer)

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Kamil Banach @banach.net.pl · 21/12/2025

I've just upgraded (on production) PostgreSQL from 12 to 14 - without any issues. Only thing I needed to tweak was ports and pg_hba.conf. 👍

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