https://benni.tech Articles by Benjamin Boortz on Linux, nginx, Rust, and homelab infrastructure. en Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://benni.tech/articles/testing-nginx-configuration/ https://benni.tech/articles/testing-nginx-configuration/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Test nginx config files with Python and pytest — no running process needed. Directive checks, location ordering, Jinja2 templates, and real bugs caught. https://benni.tech/articles/sensor-mqtt-project/ https://benni.tech/articles/sensor-mqtt-project/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000 Monitoring home heating performance using temperature sensors and MQTT — a project idea born from a real heating fault. https://benni.tech/articles/repair-a-raspberrypi-image/ https://benni.tech/articles/repair-a-raspberrypi-image/ Wed, 22 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000 How to repair a Raspberry Pi that crashes into kernel panic — diagnosing via serial console and recovering the disk image. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70520216/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70520216/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Fixing a zip file that gets corrupted when downloaded via a Windows batch file — Stack Overflow diagnosis and solution. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70520107/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70520107/ Wed, 29 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Is a fallback DHCP server possible? — Stack Overflow answer on DHCP failover and redundancy configuration. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70509834/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70509834/ Tue, 28 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 How to handle errors from Rust's unwrap() — Stack Overflow answer on Result and Option error handling. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70487458/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70487458/ Sun, 26 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Fixing a simple logger that errors on initialization in Rust — Stack Overflow answer. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70479643/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q70479643/ Sat, 25 Dec 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Building a single-threaded persistent TCP server in Rust — Stack Overflow answer with code examples. https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q69636018/ https://benni.tech/articles/stackoverflow-q69636018/ Tue, 19 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000 How to import a function from a module in a parent directory in Python — Stack Overflow answer. https://benni.tech/articles/getting-started-with-azure-and-terraform/ https://benni.tech/articles/getting-started-with-azure-and-terraform/ Sun, 26 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 Getting started with Microsoft Azure using Terraform — provisioning cloud resources with infrastructure as code instead of ARM templates. https://benni.tech/articles/how-ipfs-is-showing-up-to-date-information/ https://benni.tech/articles/how-ipfs-is-showing-up-to-date-information/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 How IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) serves content and resolves content addresses to show up-to-date information. https://benni.tech/articles/how-to-flush-dns-cache-in-firefox/ https://benni.tech/articles/how-to-flush-dns-cache-in-firefox/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 How to flush the DNS cache in Mozilla Firefox without restarting the browser — a quick step-by-step guide. https://benni.tech/articles/hello-world/ https://benni.tech/articles/hello-world/ Mon, 13 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000 First post on benni.tech, originally published on IPFS with Hugo. An introduction to the blog and its decentralized hosting setup. https://benni.tech/articles/my-first-tries-with-rust/ https://benni.tech/articles/my-first-tries-with-rust/ Sun, 10 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000 First experiments with Rust in 2018, inspired by Writing an OS in Rust. Covers ownership, borrowing, and early impressions of the language.