today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 11, 2025

• University of Toronto ☛ (Maybe) understanding how to use systemd-socket-proxyd7

  I recently read systemd has been a complete, utter, unmitigated success (via among other places), where I found a mention of an interesting systemd piece that I'd previously been unaware of, systemd-socket-proxyd. As covered in the article, the major purpose of systemd-socket-proxyd is the bridge between systemd dynamic socket activation and a conventional programs that listens on some socket, so that you can dynamically activate the program when a connection comes in. Unfortunately the systemd-socket-proxyd manual page is a little bit opaque about how it works for this purpose (and what the limitations are). Even though I'm familiar with systemd stuff, I had to think about it for a bit before things clicked.

• Andy Bell ☛ A revisit of the Every Layout sidebar with :has() and selector performance

  Every Layout’s Sidebar exemplifies a quantum CSS layout, perhaps better than any other layout we offer.

  It is neither a two column layout, comprising elements with fixed and fluid widths, nor a single column layout comprising two vertically stacked elements. It’s both, and neither. It adapts, automatically, to context — with no @media or @container queries required.

  The Sidebar is versatile too. It can set out the vertical navigation and main content of your page, and it can form intrinsically responsive media blocks, wherein the sidebar is an image. 7

• Tuxes UK ☛ Monitoring my Homelab, Simply

  I have a middling self-hosted/homelab setup, and it occasionally breaks.

  Alas, no monitoring tool has ever sparked joy in me.

  Don’t get me wrong, I understand that they’re essential for large fleets of services with fast-changing software and teams of oncallers working around the clock to understand the complex ways that complex systems fail… but my stuff doesn’t change that often, failures are mundane and low-scope, and I’m the only person coming to rescue this poor stopped systemd unit that failed to restart, or open the port that I accidentally blocked in an overzealous attempt to stop the barbarians.

  So between no monitoring and Prometheus, I’ll choose no monitoring every day.

  But there’s a spectrum.

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