jandaniel.cz

Shows

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Shows that I found good.

Series

Severance Interesting show even if you do not find that mystery intriguing then that show sci-fi premise it's great.

E-mail

Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

E-mail should not be an archive of important stuff nor all conversations. We do not keep all our mail in our physical mailboxes either.

I will try to delete all e-mails
I will try to take my e-mail back to my hands trough Stalwart or Mox or some postfix/dovecot distribution.

I will report on my successes or fails here.

Restic

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I do use Restic for backups it works in a way compatible to my brain :-)

My complete backup script

#!/bin/bash

export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID={...}
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY={...}

# To initialize empty repo
#restic -r s3:{...} init

# To show snapshots in repo
#restic -r s3:{...} \
#    --password-file=/Users/dan/Scripts/pass.txt \
#    --verbose \
#    snapshots

restic -r s3:{...} \
    --password-file=/Users/dan/Scripts/pass.txt \
    --verbose \
    backup /Users/dan/Gold

restic -r s3:{...} \
    --password-file=/Users/dan/Scripts/pass.txt \
    --verbose \
    forget \
    --keep-last=60 --keep-daily=60 --keep-weekly=60 --keep-monthly=60 --keep-yearly=60 \
    --prune

In /Users/dan/Scripts/pass.txt is just a password, nothing more.

Restic does support many storage options, but I am currently using S3 object storage from Hetzner.

About this website

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

This time I did not do any long research and testing and went with Zola static site generator, witch felt good and worked out of the box.

Whis wesite is then deployed in a most simple way with shell script:

#!/bin/bash
zola build
scp -r ./public/* root@jandaniel.net:/var/www/jandaniel.link/

It is not the fastest, nor most elegant, but it was fast to copy from different repo :-D

Why I don't like current AI

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

What I do not like about current LLM, generative AI, 2023 post ChatGPT era, Gemini, Grok, Copilot.

Makes contradictions between management and developers - management believes what developer knows is not possible, the gap between business owners and developers becomes even larger
Price is not set properly - LLM companies loose money on every request and no external expenses are bundled into price, economy of scale is not expected to kick so much as usual
Environmental impact - we should be more environmentally friendly, consume less power, use less resources, datacenters needed for LLM are direct opposite of this
Consolidates power - even more power, control and data for few large corporations
Tech bro culture - high-tech class is good for distruption, but their new models are mostly less secure, more expensive and worse for people and communities
Build on large scale theft - LLM are trained on all data, music, code without regards to authors, artists
Problem and solution presented as same thing - AI generated content is an issue and it is sold as a solution to that issue too. "Sure datacenters cause cancer, but maybe AI can cure cancer."
Generative AI produces slop, that should not be created in a first place - we should not create just because it is easy, code, content, documents that are created because "why not" are junk and liability
Every software is now wrapper over LLM API and vibecoded React app, where is craftsmanship in that?
Impact on jobs - we should be able to do a good stable job and earn a living, not special extra talented persons, but vast majority of people - replacing jobs with AI does not lead to better future for average human, but only for rich owners
AI is lying
Who is responsible for generated code?
In a long run it will hurt software maintainability.

Online tools

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Useful online tools

MX Toolbox does online DNS record queries and other stuff.

Debuggex Regex building visual tool.

Surprising music

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I have find out that I like songs and musicians that can surprise me, that stand out in some way. It can be uncommon theme, uncommon presentation, something to remember the song by.

Here is a list of some bands, divided to czech and english lyrics.

English

Tenacious D The best band in the World, probably. Kickapoo

Ylvis Awesome songs and (!) parody songs. Language of love

Dr. Hook When you're in love...

Alestorm Pirate metal Chomp Chomp

Aurora Singer, oh! Everything matters

Czech and Slovak

Záviš - czech king of porn-folk
Mucha
Baumaxa
Pondělníci
Horkýže Slíže
Buty

Content creators

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I do like youtube creators and I am subscribed to more than 750 channels, here are some recommendations:

Gaming

Many a True Nerd Jon is lets-player, does one offs, challenges, his Fallout or Skyrim series are comfort food for my brain. No sponsors outside games, works with his wife and dog and cats.

MAGOOdog Hardcore and time consuming game challenges. If you like suffering from time to time.

ChrisTheNjord Smaller youtuber (for now), his slow and lore-filled BG3 playtrough is a treat.

Society

Soggy Cereal Culture and society commentator and comedian.

Drew Gooden Larger youtuber, great at pointing nonsense.

Patrick Boyle Current economics.

JimmyTheGiant About UK, politics and people.

Tech

Marcin Plaza Inventor and maker.

DankPods Shitty tech and headphones channel from Australia.

Nathan Baggs Game cracking and fixing channel, disassembling.

Technology Connections Nice channel about old and new technology.

Adventures

All the Gear Camping challenges, trips and fun.

Car stuff

Baked Beans Garage Large scale and dificult restoration of old cars.

Garbage Time Channel about cars from DankPods.

Driving 4 Answers Informative channel about engines and related stuff.

Mac OS

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Enable running of quarantined applications

This is needed for LibreWolf if Mac complains about unsigned app.

sudo xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /Applications/LibreWolf.app

SSH

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Tunnel to MySQL on server

ssh -N -L 3306:127.0.0.1:3306 root@jandaniel.net