My blog, my thoughts, my learnings.https://alex.dandrea.io/https://alex.dandrea.io/2026/09/26/systemds-path-units/https://alex.dandrea.io/2026/09/26/systemds-path-units/The elegant solution to uploading files to paperless-ngx, automatically, in the background and with low overhead. Made possible by systemd.Sat, 26 Sep 2026 09:50:00 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2026/09/18/louder-esp32-and-sendspin/https://alex.dandrea.io/2026/09/18/louder-esp32-and-sendspin/Since a few weeks I have sonocotta's louder-esp32 devices, starting with just three, I've recently upgraded to six devices, replacing my remaining Raspberry PI Zeros. Since the whole audio farm is uniform, I run sendspin as the protocol, coming from snapcast.Fri, 18 Sep 2026 16:05:14 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2026/08/23/switching-wayland-bar/https://alex.dandrea.io/2026/08/23/switching-wayland-bar/Long time waybar user here, going to a new bar in town.Sun, 23 Aug 2026 16:52:11 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2025/12/24/running-docker-compose-stacks-in-systemd/https://alex.dandrea.io/2025/12/24/running-docker-compose-stacks-in-systemd/I manage all services I run in my homelab with systemd. Most services are actually docker compose stacks; this post outlines how and why.Wed, 24 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2025/12/20/multi-room-audio-with-esp32-and-snapcast/https://alex.dandrea.io/2025/12/20/multi-room-audio-with-esp32-and-snapcast/I extended my multi-room audio setup in my house; this uses SnapCast and Home Assistant - built on basis of Raspberry Pi, but now I had the opportunity to extend it with new esp32-based devices.Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:09:18 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2025/05/11/migrating-off-instagram/https://alex.dandrea.io/2025/05/11/migrating-off-instagram/The next step in my journey towards de-centralized, self-owned hostingSun, 11 May 2025 16:59:22 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2025/02/23/migrating-off-microsoft-onedrive/https://alex.dandrea.io/2025/02/23/migrating-off-microsoft-onedrive/Action resulting from my previous postSun, 23 Feb 2025 15:19:08 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2025/01/30/migrate-off-big-tech/https://alex.dandrea.io/2025/01/30/migrate-off-big-tech/For data soverainty you need to move off big techThu, 30 Jan 2025 20:44:18 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/21/interactive-brokers-trading-workstation-on-wayland/https://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/21/interactive-brokers-trading-workstation-on-wayland/I need to run Interactive Brokers Trader Workstation on Linux on Wayland on HiDPI - a fateful combinationSat, 21 Dec 2024 11:14:00 GMThttps://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/20/my-unices-like-history/https://alex.dandrea.io/2024/12/20/my-unices-like-history/Over the years I have used a few different Unix-like systems. What stood out, and where am I now.Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:23:27 GMT