Mike Kasberg

Husband. Father. Software engineer. Ubuntu Linux user.

Mike's Blog Archive

All my blog posts in a single page.

2025

Laptop Review: Nimo N153 R5 6600H 21 Apr 2025 · Reviews
I Fought the IRS for Over $12K – and WON! 13 Apr 2025 · Projects
Recovering Data from a 2015 Mac SSD with a $5 Adapter from AliExpress 11 Jan 2025 · Technology

2024

Ghostty on Ubuntu: First Impressions and How to Install 26 Dec 2024 · Software Development
How to Dual-Boot Ubuntu 24.04+ and Windows (10 or 11) with Encryption 20 May 2024 · Technology
Better Related Posts in Jekyll Using AI 23 Apr 2024 · Software Development
Learning to Solder: A WLED Project 12 Apr 2024 · Technology
I Did My Own Taxes By Hand (and You Can Too!) 15 Mar 2024 · Tutorials
Buying Used Computers: A Story and Some Advice 04 Feb 2024 · Technology
Scalaing Challenge Leaderboards for Millions of Users 18 Jan 2024 · on The Strava Engineering Blog

2023

Home WiFi Upgrades: Adding an Access Point with Wired Backhaul 22 Dec 2023 · Technology
Analyzing Static Website Logs with AWStats 09 Dec 2023 · Software Development
Catching Mew: A Playable Game Boy Quote 26 Sep 2023 · Technology
My $500 Developer Laptop 09 Sep 2023 · Technology
How to Test and Optimize Your Home Wifi Coverage 28 Jul 2023 · Technology
3D Printing Map Figurines with GPS 17 Jul 2023 · 3D Printing
3D Printing the Strava Logo 27 Apr 2023 · 3D Printing
3D Printing with OpenSCAD 22 Mar 2023 · 3D Printing
3 Months of 3D Printing 11 Jan 2023 · 3D Printing

2022

I Installed My Own Coax Cable for My Internet Modem (and You Can Too) 22 Dec 2022 · Technology
How to Fix "Pending update of firefox snap" 21 Dec 2022 · Technology
Monitoring Gross Income with Lunch Money 19 Sep 2022 · Technology
How I Updated jekyll/classifier-reborn for Ruby 3 12 Jul 2022 · Software Development
Mint, YNAB, Personal Capital, and Lunch Money: A Comparison of Personal Finance Tools 05 Jul 2022 · Technology
The Best Computer You Can Buy For $100 07 May 2022 · Technology
How to Fix Firefox Crashes on Ubuntu 21.10+ 21 Mar 2022 · Technology
How to Find a Humidifier that Actually Works 15 Feb 2022 · Reviews
Solving Wordle with Programming 11 Jan 2022 · Software Development

2021

Iterating on Club Leaderboards 17 Dec 2021 · on The Strava Engineering Blog
What are Dev Containers, What are GitHub Codespaces, and Why Should You Care? A Practical Intro 06 Nov 2021 · Software Development
How I Modified a Thule Bike Trailer Hitch for an E-Bike with a 12mm Axle 10 Sep 2021 · Tutorials
Dell Latitudes are Great Laptops (and they run Ubuntu well) 12 Aug 2021 · Technology
Docks and Ubuntu 09 Aug 2021 · Technology
DisplayLink Docks and Ubuntu 07 Aug 2021 · Technology
My New Bash Prompt (PS1) 28 Jun 2021 · Programming
Scalaing Club Leaderboard Infrastructure for Millions of Users 26 May 2021 · on The Strava Engineering Blog
My Dotfiles Story: A Journey to Chezmoi 12 May 2021 · Technology
How to Install Pi-hole on Orange Pi / Armbian Boards 11 May 2021 · Technology

2020

Learning to Program by Making a Game 06 Dec 2020 · Technology
Building Local Legends 28 Oct 2020 · on The Strava Engineering Blog
Unsubscribe Me: How to Disconnect from Internet Chaos 23 Oct 2020 · Technology
How To Set Up a Ruby Dev Environment on Ubuntu Linux 27 Sep 2020 · Software Development
How to Install Custom Firmware on Your Xiaomi M365 E-Scooter 05 Jul 2020 · Tutorials
Review: Orange Pi Zero 03 Jul 2020 · Reviews
A Bookmark to Temporarily Disable your Pi-hole 26 Jun 2020 · Tutorials
Can You VNC to a Desktop on a Headless Raspberry Pi? 22 Jun 2020 · Tutorials
Headless Setup for a Raspberry Pi Zero-W 19 Jun 2020 · Tutorials
How to Use Garmin's Workouts Feature on your GPS Running Watch 13 Jun 2020 · Reviews
Why I Love Ubuntu as a Desktop OS 24 May 2020 · Technology
My Home Office Setup 10 Apr 2020 · Reviews
How to Dual-Boot Ubuntu (16.04 - 22.10) and Windows (10 or 11) with Encryption 08 Apr 2020 · Technology
Why you should consider moving your tech blog off Medium 15 Mar 2020 · Technology
Comparison: GoTrax GXL vs Xiaomi M365 07 Mar 2020 · Reviews

2019

Computer Shopping: The Ultimate Developer Laptop 03 May 2019 · Technology
Why Short Feedback Cycles Lead to Great Software 24 Feb 2019 · Software Development
5 Tech Talks Every Web Developer Should Watch 13 Jan 2019 · Software Development

2018

KeePass vs Bitwarden: A Comparison of Free Password Managers 20 Nov 2018 · Technology
5 Reasons to Contribute to Open Source 07 Oct 2018 · Software Development
Make Your Source Code Developer-Friendly 19 Aug 2018 · Software Development
LogRun: A Running Log in Google Sheets 31 Jul 2018 · Projects
Code Reuse and Simplicity 23 Jul 2018 · Software Development
Tips for a Great Resume 19 Jun 2018 · Software Development
6 Questions to Ask When You Interview for a Software Development Position 25 Apr 2018 · Software Development
My Favorite Windows Software 24 Apr 2018 · Technology
Why Are My Tests Failing? 02 Mar 2018 · Software Development
How Much Faster Does a New SSD Make a 2012 MacBook Pro? 01 Mar 2018 · Projects

2017

Hour of Code 2017 09 Dec 2017 · Software Development
My First Program 04 Dec 2017 · Software Development
Hacktoberfest 2017 15 Oct 2017 · Software Development
How To: Deploy a Simple Java Web Service with AWS Lambda and API Gateway 31 Aug 2017 · Software Development
Bufferbloat? 21 Jun 2017 · Software Development
Why CI? 19 Jun 2017 · Software Development
Fitbit Surge vs. Garmin Forerunner 35 18 Jun 2017 · Reviews
When's My Code Going Out? 30 Apr 2017 · Software Development
How I Manage Passwords with KeePass 25 Mar 2017 · Technology
Chasing Bugs: PHPUnit Hides Errors 18 Mar 2017 · Software Development
Dealing with Passwords 10 Mar 2017 · Software Development
So You Want to Learn Docker 11 Feb 2017 · Software Development
Testing is Hard 28 Jan 2017 · Software Development

2016

Automated Jekyll Deployments 08 Nov 2016 · Software Development
Podcasting with Jekyll 21 Sep 2016 · Software Development
Chromium OS on a 2007 MacBook 28 May 2016 · Projects

2015

How to Learn Vim: Vim Refcard 02 May 2015 · Projects

2014

Make a Useful Budget in Mint 06 Jul 2014 · Thoughts & Ideas
Boom Box Aux In Mod 10 May 2014 · Projects

2009

Loft Bed 08 Aug 2009 · Projects

2008

SkillsUSA 2008 Nationals 30 Jun 2008 · Projects
Suzuki GSXR 30 May 2008 · Projects
Senior Demo Reel 29 May 2008 · Projects
Nissan Skyline 22 Jan 2008 · Projects