seeking recommendations for open source, self-hosted server monitoring and alerting solutions. this will be for approx 100 endpoints, all linux and bsd with the exception of network gear monitored via snmp. need both active checks (http response times, etc) as well as passive/agent-based checks (cpu load, disk space, etc).
i've been using Checkmk for the better part of a decade and i'm fairly happy with it, although i am gaining an increasing distaste for features not being available in the open source version... and it's always interesting to see what options are out there.
things i won't consider under any circumstances: netdata, observium
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Want to use a PicoROM with #MSX or #TRS80 CoCo, to prototype a bus based #FujiNet. PicoROM has an RP2040 that does the ROM emulation, and USB C connector for reprogramming.
Unfortunately I can't just slap it onto one of my EPROM cartridges, the USB C connector sticks up too high. Going to need cartridge extender or riser. Don't know if there's anything ready made or if I need to build it. Suspect impatience is going to force me to build something.
@nina_kali_nina I think computing is missing modules of that size, or of similar size, like MiniDiscs or 2.8" diskettes, but with an electronic interface.
We could come up with a USB-based format that looks cool. Or I'd accept oversized SD cards as well. That would be cool. For storage they could be 5 % electronics and 95 % heatsink to allow for fast storage.
Iβm not a fan of doing this but it is for a good cause.
Hi, as you might know blahaj.social 
is a small vulunteer ran incomeless part of the fediverse 
We built it several years ago with recycled servers and network equipment.
Our @sysadmin haj has been working hard but our core switch and one of our HDDs refused to come online after a power cut.
Donations to purchase a replacement are very welcome at https://blahaj.social/about (shark pictures are also very welcome π)
@spacehobo @nina_kali_nina I still think the 3,5" FDD has the supreme handling of any removeable media, which is why I advocate to copy it's design for hot-swappable SSDs
- Simply because it's just a superior design!
Tho granted if it were to help I'd accept increasing THICC-ness from 3,3mm to 5mm since that could increase mechanical stiffness and prevent idiots.from shoving it into a real 3,5" FDD driveβ¦
- Certainly it's better than USB flashdrives and (often precariously dangling) external SSDs.
pieces from the era when pixel art finally really clicked for me β¨π
#pixelart #dinchenix #γγγη΅΅
Thinking about homebrew text editors right now.
Especially the couple that I am getting deep into.
I think designing them to do special things like searching and wrapping is more important than the technical sophistication I had originally imagined.
periodic reminder that you don't have to be excellent at a hobby
or even good
or barely proficient for that matter
as long as doing it brings you joy
This week-end's release of #Quicktake for Apple II brings the decoding speed to under 60 seconds for Quicktake 150 pictures.
I've just published another library that I've been successfully using in my own projects. LevelMap is the library I used to generate the dungeons in The Chambers Beneath, and the mission locations in Star Cadre: Combat Class. Find out more at https://cyningstan.itch.io/levelmap
Mistodon: If last month's #anime-themed MIST0825 artpack collection hadn't contained a piece of fanart for #KatsuhiroOtomo's #Akira, it would simply have been incomplete. Cthulu had to oblige, adapting this late scene of biker #Kaneda and the film's logo to #ANSIart.
Deeply ill advised #lisp #peertube #live
https://toobnix.org/a/screwtape/videos
LB: fedi needs more servers that have random downtime caused by someone flipping a breaker labeled "washing machine" imo