Mark Phillips phips

Proffalken's general preferences

Check the date/time at the start of every new session, and base all research and library usage on this information
If I ask you to do something and you think there is a better way to achieve the same results using different tools, technologies, or approaches, propose it, ELI5, and let me choose between the options before we start any new project
NEVER commit .env files
ALWAYS create a .gitignore for the appropriate languages

Software Development

Always plan before implementation, and show me the plan before starting to code

FreeBSD on Hetzner Cloud VPS

This guide explains how to install the FreeBSD on Hetzner Cloud VPS. This might also work for other VPS providers with the proper rescue system in place.

Table of contents:

1. Rescue mode
2. Download and deploy FreeBSD
3. Post-installation

1. Rescue mode

Install FreeBSD 14.1 on Hetzner server

Hetzner no longer offers direct install of FreeBSD, but we can do it ourselves. Here is how :)

Boot the server into rescue mode

Boot the Hetzner server in Hetzner Debian based rescue mode. ssh into it.

The Hetzner rescue image will tell you hardware details about the server in the login banner. For example, with one of my servers I see:

FFmpeg Cheat Sheet for 360º video

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FFmpeg is one of the most powerful tools for video transcoding and manipulation, but it's fairly complex and confusing to use. That's why I decided to create this cheat sheet which shows some of the most often used commands.

Let's start with some basics:

ffmpeg calls the FFmpeg application in the command line window, could also be the full path to the FFmpeg binary or .exe file

	# THIS LINUX SETUP SCRIPT HAS MORPHED INTO A WHOLE PROJECT: HTTPS://OMAKUB.ORG
	# PLEASE CHECKOUT THAT PROJECT INSTEAD OF THIS OUTDATED SETUP SCRIPT.
	#
	#

	# Libraries and infrastructure
	sudo apt update -y
	sudo apt install -y \
	docker.io docker-buildx \
	build-essential pkg-config autoconf bison rustc cargo clang \

	#!/bin/zsh
	# WARNING! The script is meant to show how and what can be disabled. Don’t use it as it is, adapt it to your needs.
	# Credit: Original idea and script disable.sh by pwnsdx https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/d87b034c4c0210b988040ad2f85a68d3
	# Disabling unwanted services on macOS Big Sur (11), macOS Monterey (12), macOS Ventura (13) and macOS Sonoma (14)
	# Disabling SIP is required ("csrutil disable" from Terminal in Recovery)
	# Modifications are written in /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist, disabled.501.plist
	# To revert, delete /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/ disabled.plist and disabled.501.plist and reboot; sudo rm -r /private/var/db/com.apple.xpc.launchd/*


	# user

	#!/bin/sh
	set -e

	# Adapted from https://www.daemonology.net/blog/2019-02-16-FreeBSD-ZFS-AMIs-now-available.html

	if [ ! $# -eq 2 ]; then
	echo "Usage: configure.sh <cloud> <disk>"
	echo " cloud: aws\|gcp"
	echo " disk: e.g. da1, nda1"
	exit 1

	# after reviewing /etc/defaults/periodic.conf I have decided
	# to disable these items in jails

	daily_status_disks_enable="NO"
	daily_status_network_enable="NO"
	daily_status_uptime_enable="NO"

	# not needed on jails
	daily_ntpd_leapfile_enable="NO"

	// Package main is a sample macOS-app-bundling program to demonstrate how to
	// automate the process described in this tutorial:
	//
	// https://medium.com/@mattholt/packaging-a-go-application-for-macos-f7084b00f6b5
	//
	// Bundling the .app is the first thing it does, and creating the DMG is the
	// second. Making the DMG is optional, and is only done if you provide
	// the template DMG file, which you have to create beforehand.
	//
	// Example use:

	package main

	import (
	"context"
	"flag"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"os/signal"