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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 09/10/2026

Wow, PhotoCraft is already a proot app in the catalog?!?! This means Cove workspaces can run it out of the box 😎 github.com/muddyland/cove

Cove Apps menu showing PhotoCraft (Photoshop alternative written in Rust)

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 16/09/2026

Made some recent updates to help with stability, and removed some cruft (the screenshot refresh logic was sketchy at best) Also added a UI to manage proot-apps (I know this is built in to the selkies UI, but I wanted something cove native. The icons make it so much better too

Cove (Kasm-like VDI) UI showing a catalog of installed apps in my workspace

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 26/08/2026

Another improvement to Cove, I have added the documentation front and center (Hit the ? icon on any page). This shows the full documentation, no matter where you are in the app. This is something that has helped me in my professional life as well. Putting help […] [Original post on mudhut.social]

A Vue.js modal with all of the Cove documentation listed. The home page shows the quick help, which explains the basic buttons you have available when running a workspace, or from the grid (dashboard).

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 10/08/2026

How I feel about AI sometimes. Sure it works, but crap is still leaking out the top lol

From the movie RV, a black water hose, connected to another with a Y coupling. Liquid can be seen pouring over the top.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 06/08/2026

I added workspace preview images to Cove. It refreshes only on the client-side and just helps you keep track of what you have open in those workspaces. An initial screenshot is taken at container startup, and used as a health check for the workspace.

Screenshot of the new preview window on top of the cove "workspace" cards that shows a preview of the screen in the workspace.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 01/08/2026

I wasn't kidding, I can run the full cove stack, from a DIND VSCodium workspace... Chasing down an issue with my hardware though. GPU Acceleration seems to hard lock my Mini PC.

A cove workspace (VSCodium), with a cove workspace (Chromium), and the full Cove stack running inside of it.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 07/06/2026

Oh and a CRT filter for those who like the whole Cyberpunk vibe 😂

The same screenshot as above, with scan lines and a halo effect (looks like an old CRT monitor).

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 07/06/2026

Every pet peeve I've had while running Kasm, is addressed in this app. Even opening URLs is easier, select if you want VPN or Tailscale connection, define DNS, easily install extra apps. Its what I personally wanted Kasm to be, but with better technologies (Selkies and Traefik)

A screenshot of Chromium running in Cove (a Kasm alternative, ephemeral browser and container platform).

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 06/06/2026

Yes, this is vibe coded. It is something I've wanted to do since I heard about the move to Selkies (from KasmVNC) This is a Kasm alternative, which uses Selkies instead of Kasm images. It is all based on Linuxserver.io catalog, and is meant for home lab use […] [Original post on mudhut.social]

A cyberpunk style UI alternative to Kasm workspaces. The UI has many cyberpunk related statements and color scheme

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 05/06/2026

Yup, this escalated very quickly and they realize they dug themselves into a hole. www.reddit.com/r/RecklessBen/commen…

Reddit post:

What's the best course of action for BAM now?

Seems like they drove themselves to a corner.

Giving back the Lego > means admitting they are guilty

Fighting it out -> public perceptions will go down even further

Trying to find a legal loophole like pushing the blame -> yeah, that's not gonna end well too

Wow just wow.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 29/05/2026

A school transport van was in a rush this morning, decided to drive on an inclined curb to pass me, and clipped his mirror on my truck. Time to make a phone call to his company 😂

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 12/05/2026

I wish i could say I am surprised, but honestly seeing multiple friends suffer through their parents' divorces, it is not a surprise they don't want to get married. For me personally: it honestly hasn't been my top priority, and I decided to focus on my career […] [Original post on mudhut.social]

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 28/04/2026

github.com/muddyland/wifiproxy I am using this to connect to my Starlink Mini, which is mounted on my camper. I power my pi with POE, it connects to Starlink, and I VLAN it into WAN 2 of my router. Now I have backup WAN! Yes, AI was used to generate […] [Original post on mudhut.social]

A nifty UI called WiFi Bridge, which connect you to a Wifi network, and serves DHCP over the LAN port of a raspberry pi. The UI shows basic stats about the system, Wifi status, Traffic flow, logs, and more. Tailscale and wireguard are supported.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 27/04/2026

There is just something so ironic about this, but I can't put my thumb on it...

~ t Herme§ —— MM —
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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 19/04/2026

Another benefit of using ESPHome to monitor your Victron stuff. Not bad for a weekend with no sun... Only 110Ah (out of 280Ah).

Home Assistant dashboard showing the charge status of my battery (111Ah used, 73% remaining, 13.2v, 14,400 mins remain)

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 18/04/2026

I wanted to modify my custom ESPHome based charging status screen in my camper while I am out camping. It is connected to a router, which is VPN'ed over Starlink, to my home network. I was able to push an update from ESPHome dashboard with no issue WHILE I am camping... Crazy

Custom esp. based LCD screen for solar stats in my camper

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 08/04/2026

And now, a Home Assistant integration! I have dreamed about this, but lacked the motivation to figure it out.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 08/04/2026

Still confused, should I be excited about this, or worried 🤔

Claude Code
Lines of code accepted Suggestion accept rate
3,856 97.5%

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 27/03/2026

Alright, honestly, my Starlink Mini makes a perfect backup WAN connection... I used a Raspberry Pi as a WLAN bridge, since my Starlink is on my camper. This is hooked up via POE, near the camper for best signal. If I lost my internet again, at least I could do basic things with this connection...

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 19/03/2026

"How did you use AI today?" I asked it to make fun of itself... At least its honest here

I'm an Al that can summarize a 40-page technical spec in seconds... and then completely misunderstand a
one-line joke. | have “artificial intelligence,” but absolutely no common sense—if you say "break a leg,” I'll
pause internally to check whether this is a workplace safety incident.

| can sound incredibly confident while being spectacularly wrong, which is honestly my most human trait. |
will over-explain simple things, under-explain complex things, and occasionally answer a question you didn’t
ask with great enthusiasm.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 18/03/2026

Oh really 😏 tell me more about this crime

Scanner which claims I had fed it “illegal voltage”

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 12/03/2026

I may have done something crazy… hear me out though. This is the best deal for a quality laptop right now. Hands down. With RAM prices through the roof, it doesn’t make sense to buy like a Framework or something else. Plus, this is not my daily driver. I […] [Original post on mudhut.social]

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 25/02/2026

2026 me wants to ask 2025 me to buy new RAM for these servers before AI ruins our lives... This SUCKS

Memtest showing thousands of error with my 32GB SODIMM modules

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 21/02/2026

There is no better way to test my new Plex server, I had to watch Grandma's Boy for the 21st time 😂

Grandma's Boy cover art, with "21 Plays" below it

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 15/02/2026

This server is only drawing 50 watts?!?! Holy crap, for an 8+ year old system, that is pretty good

Screenshot of UPS wattage, which shows 52.5 W

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 13/02/2026

Waiting for the AI bubble to burst like:

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 07/02/2026

This server has run FreeNAS (yes, it's that old), Proxmox, Ubuntu Server, and now TrueNAS. It sat in the rack powered off for a while, used only for occasional backups, and I decided to put 4 new 22TB drives in it. Now it will be my new (old?) primary NAS. #homelab

CPU Overview
Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E3-1230 v5 @ 3.40GHz
Cores: 4 cores
Avg Usage Highest Usage: 29% (Thread #1)
Hottest: 47°C (2 cores at 47°C)

Memory
32GB
Free: 3.4GiB
ZFS Cache: 20.6 GiB
Services: 7.3 GiB

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 07/02/2026

Today is the day I move my media from Synology to TrueNAS, and so far, I am impressed with the performance of a server that I built in 2018... Especially with 2.5Gb Ethernet. And only 32GB of RAM (which I guess is a lot by shortage standards)

Graph showing my network pegged at 2.5Gb/s on TrueNAS.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 06/02/2026

When you've had it with AI's bullshit

An AI chat window with a prompt which reads "You suck, I did it myself"

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 27/01/2026

Is this the future? I think so... especially when people stop thinking and let AI make their choices for them.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 11/11/2025

Idk what’s worse, the truck was empty so they left the door open, or the truck is empty BECAUSE they left the door open 😂

A view of a traffic jam showing the back of a white moving truck and several vehicles, including a black SUV and a gray car, under a cloudy sky. The truck’s back door was left open, exposing an empty truck.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 09/11/2025

Yeah, I have a problem with Mini PCs… Just added yet another Proxmox server to run mostly KASM and and Apt cache.

A server rack containing multiple devices, including a Synology NAS, several desktop servers, and various network cables. The devices are illuminated with blue and green LED lights, indicating power and activity status.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 24/10/2025

Oh man, if it's "More safer" I guess I have to buy it...

Amazon photo, with text annotations, which reads:

WIDE APPLICATION
MORE SAFER

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 22/10/2025

Welp, I did it. And honestly, I love the quote post feature so far

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 20/10/2025

Management: "Let's use as much AWS-native tech as possible to make it easier to manage" * AWS Outage * Management: "Maybe we should be more careful, we don't want to put all of our eggs in one basket"

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 11/10/2025

Yup, you see that right. That is a car backing up on a 2 lane road, because they missed their turn on to a road, which is closed anyway. You can't make up this level of stupidity

A car with it's reverse lights on, just after a turn on to a road, with a sign that reads "Road Closed", and road work signs.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 15/07/2025

This drive is one of my favorites. Had to clip this on my dashcam to be safe, but it came out alright!

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 08/07/2025

I went for one drive to Foxborough and picked up 92 Nodes on the way 😲 We will see what I pick up on my way to northern New Hampshire in the near future 😎

A map of Northern New England with numerous Meshtastic Nodes (92) spread out across the map.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 03/07/2025

It’s very nice to see this in my driveway. It’s the result of all my work over the last few years. Though stressful at times, I know I now have a space for the weekends!

Modern Buggy CB10 sitting in a driveway. The camper is gray and has a massive sticker on the front reading “country born”.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 02/07/2025

I’m 6’3” and I just fit in this square drop. But man is this thing awesome. The AC cools this thing down in like 2 seconds. It has a rear kitchen with a cooler/fridge. It has solar. It tows like a dream. What else could I ask for in a “pick up and go” camper?

The inside of a Modern Buggy CB10 square drop camper. My legs are just about touching the wall, but I fit. An air conditioner can be seen in the background, with cabinets and a solar controller in the center.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 30/06/2025

Amazon Marketing at it's finest: "What do we do when our table is less than 28 inches tall? We will put a 3 foot kid next to it, and it will looks MASSIVE"

A picture of a folding camping table, which is only 27 inches tall. Parents are in the background, with trees. A kid, no taller than 3 foot, is standing next to the grill, with an apron on. The table looks normal sized next to him.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 13/06/2025

This lime green, yellowish color actually looks pretty cool. Love how it hides the layer lines.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 05/06/2025

This is the fastest printer I have ever owned… coming from 2 Ender 3 (pro and v2), this is lightyears ahead… wow Not to mention, it worked out of the box.

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Muddy :linux: @muddy.mudhut.social · 05/06/2025

It's here! Shipped on Monday, arrived on Thursday, no Customs B.S. #Prusa customer support was AMAZING and stayed in contact the whole time. FedEx take notes, DHL has this whole shipping thing figured out...

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