Technical Ahas

Short, practical notes from the workbench: the commands, patterns, debugging lessons, and mental models I wish I had five minutes earlier.

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Stop Copying Passwords with KeePassXC Auto-Type

Typing passwords by hand is slow, and copying them to the clipboard makes it easy to paste into the wrong place. KeePassXC has a better option for common logins: Auto-Type.

August 21, 2026 · 3 min · Jason Hoover

Finding Large Files with ncdu

When a disk suddenly fills up, du can tell you where the space went—but its output is often a long list that is hard to explore. ncdu (NCurses Disk Usage) is a small terminal-based alternative that turns that search into an interactive browser. It scans a directory, sorts folders and files by size, and lets you drill down with the keyboard.

July 29, 2026 · 3 min · Jason Hoover

Codex Vscode Setup In Remote Terminal

On your local VS Code installation, install the Remote - SSH extension. After installing it, switch to the pre-release version.

July 24, 2026 · 1 min · Jason Hoover

Apache Airflow Intro

Getting started with Airflow

June 12, 2026 · 5 min · Jason Hoover

Building Your Second Brain -- An Obsidian Setup Guide

*A technical guide written for everyone — from engineers to executives — who wants to stop losing good ideas and start building a knowledge system that actua…

June 7, 2026 · 18 min · Jason Hoover

First Obsidian Content

Here is content kept in Obsidian that I want to make easy to publish to Hugo.

May 22, 2026 · 1 min · Jason Hoover

My First Post

This is the first post.

May 22, 2026 · 1 min · Jason Hoover