Blog: Add maddy post

music.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 	{
 		"id": "scrap_13",
 		"name": "Scrap #13",
-		"description": "I don't like this one",
+		"description": "I don't like this one.",
 		"group": "Scraps",
 		"timestamp": 1636314430
 	},

posts/2021-11-14-why-linux.md

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 template: post
-title: Why I use Linux
+title: Linux FAQ
 author: flewkey
 timestamp: 1636929506
 visibility: hidden
 
 This is not a standard blog post, but a hidden FAQ which answers the common
-questions I get about running Linux on my laptop.
+questions I get about running Linux. These are my experiences, so they may not
+apply to you at all.
 
 ----
 
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ questions I get about running Linux on my laptop.
 - Proper tiling window management
 - Inter-application audio routing via PipeWire or JACK
 - Supports all of the programs that I care about
+- Easy to fix when it breaks
 
 #### Why do you hate Windows?
 
@@ -24,39 +26,43 @@ questions I get about running Linux on my laptop.
 - Annoying build toolchains
 - Lack of inter-application audio routing without specialized tools
 - Spontaneous combustion
+- Hard to fix when it breaks
 
 #### Should I switch to Linux?
 
-Probably not. Use whatever suits you best.
+Use whatever suits you best.
 
 ----
 
-## Cynical nerd FAQ
+## Nerd FAQ
 
-#### Isn’t desktop Linux a mess?
+#### What Linux distribution do you use?
 
-It isn’t _great_, but it works well enough for me.
+My main computer runs Gentoo. My servers and smaller machines run Debian.
 
-#### Isn’t it tedious to use?
+#### What desktop environment do you use?
 
-I find it quite comfortable, personally.
+My desktop consists of [sway](https://swaywm.org/), [bemenu](https://github.com/Cloudef/bemenu),
+[i3status](https://github.com/i3/i3status), [foot](https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot),
+and [fcitx5](https://gitlab.com/fcitx/fcitx5).
 
-#### Do you have to spend hours tweaking your system to make it work?
+#### Do you think that desktop Linux a mess?
+
+Yes. Although many parts of it have issues, none of them affect me too much.
+
+#### What do you think about Linux audio?
+
+I think it’s great! I can mix audio between Discord and my audio interface, send
+it to a reverb program, then listen to it from my Bluetooth earbuds.
+
+#### How did you tweak your system?
 
 My “tweaks” congealed over time. If you sit on a chair for a long time, it will
 mold to the shape of your butt. If you use a computer for a long time, it will
 fit your preferences eventually.
 
-#### Don’t you run into all sorts of issues?
+#### What issues have you run into?
 
-Most of the software that I use seems to run well.
+* Due to driver issues, I can’t use my NVIDIA GPU
-
+* Setting up DisplayLink on my particular system was tedious
-#### Doesn’t it spontaneously break?
+* Some situations require me to use software which only runs on Windows
-
-Linux systems are chock full of footguns. Experienced users can avoid these,
-but everyone else is walking on a minefield as far as I’m concerned. One dude
-destroyed his desktop environment by installing Steam.
-[Seriously](https://youtu.be/0506yDSgU7M?t=620).[^1]
-
-[^1]: Although this was a result of poor quality assurance on the distribution’s
-package repository, the point is that these mistakes are easy to make.

posts/2022-01-09-maddy-rules.md

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+template: post
+title: Maddy: the five-minute mail server
+author: flewkey
+timestamp: 1641781240
+
+I am waiting at the airport this evening, cursing the weather for delaying my
+flight for so long. I’ve already bumped my
+[packages](https://git.sdf.org/flewkey/flewkey-overlay), so I might as well
+gush about some software that I adore.
+
+A few months ago, [cricket](https://cricket.piapiac.org/) published a
+[blog post](https://cricket.piapiac.org/blog/openbsd-mail-server/) outlining how
+he configured his mail server on OpenBSD. Reading this post made me consider
+self-hosting my email as well, since Yandex is a pain in the neck to deal with.
+However, configuring a mail server seemed annoying as well, so I put it off.
+
+A few weeks later, I learned about the
+[Maddy Mail Server](https://maddy.email/),
+a moment which forever changed my life. The server is a single daemon with a
+sane default configuration, requiring no significant dependencies by default.
+It is so simple and foolproof that even I could set it up. After packaging it
+for Debian, guided by the
+[installation instructions](https://maddy.email/tutorials/setting-up/),
+it was smooth sailing.
+
+### Installing maddy
+* Install package
+* Make certbot keys readable for maddy
+* Set the domain name in the config
+* Start the daemon
+* Add the DNS records
+* Make an account
+* Connect an email client
+
+### Conclusion
+
+Setting up maddy is as easy as configuring NGINX. It only took me five minutes
+to get up and running.
+There are no more excuses: self-hosting email is easy now. If you are
+interested, please give it a go.

static/style.css

@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ figure figcaption {
 	}
 
 	header {
-		height: 220px;
+		height: 230px;
 		min-width: 230px;
 		padding: 16px 16px 16px 16px;
 		margin-bottom: 24px;