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A quiet vault for secrets that shouldn’t exist. Zero-knowledge, client-sealed, opinionated defaults.
#crypto #cli #daemon2024—
VOL. 07 · NO. 24
SWAZEE.NET — A PERSONAL BROADSIDE
EST. MMXIX · ONE COPY
— the proprietor —
Stephen
Swazee
Swazee
— established —
MM
XIX
XIX
SWAZEE.NET
— SMALL · DURABLE · SOFTWARE · KEPT · QUIETLY —
— FROM THE DESK —
It began with a single script in 2019 and has, through the accumulation of evenings, become this: a private inventory, made public without ceremony. Every project listed has been used in anger by its author.
— EDITORIAL POLICY —
Ten entries are kept in the inventory at any time. When a new project earns its line, an older one is retired to the archive. The linkbacks are rotated with less discipline but the same care.
— ON METHOD —
Stephen Swazee. Software practitioner working mostly alone, mostly quietly. This site is an inventory, not an advertisement — a place to point at what I’ve made and who I read. If a project is here, it’s because I’ll still stand behind it in five years.
§ THE INVENTORY §
TEN THINGS,
made on purpose.
dirsim
Directory-shape comparison across revisions. Diffing trees the way humans read them.
#infra #rust2023—
nocturne
A scheduler that prefers the small hours. Explored non-human rhythms in build systems.
#scheduler #research2024
ledgerline
Append-only log with a readable grammar. Designed for humans who end up grepping production.
#observability2023
pilotlight
A tiny always-on service that just holds the door open. Deprecated, still loved.
#infra2022
folio
Long-running notebook. Essays on the ergonomics of being a single-operator shop.
#essays2022
cairn
Small markers across a large codebase. A convention more than a library.
#convention #go2021
meridian
Map projections for timezones, built for the pleasure of looking at them.
#viz2021
halfway
Meeting-point logistics for remote teams. Handed off to a team that loved it more.
#product2020
atlas-97
The first thing I put on the public internet. Preserved here on purpose.
#archive #perl2019
— THE LINKBACKS —
THE RING.
Eight sites I’d want you to visit if you’ve come this far. Updated quietly; no obligations either direction.
01
Russ CoxClarity of thought in systems writing.
↗ swtch.com
02
Maggie AppletonDigital gardens; visual essays.
↗ maggieappleton.com
03
Gwern BranwenLong-form research, maintained.
↗ gwern.net
04
Rauno FreibergInterface details, held to a standard.
↗ rauno.me
05
Molly WhiteHonest reporting on web3.
↗ mollywhite.net
06
Drew DeVaultSelf-reliant software.
↗ drewdevault.com
07
Linus LeeTools for thought, built in public.
↗ thesephist.com
08
Omar RizwanNotes on the computer as a craft material.
↗ rsnous.com
— FIELD NOTES —
WRITING.
Short essays on keeping a small shop.
On keeping a small shop
Directories, not files, are the unit
Against the one-pager
Notes on staying off the front page
The quiet part of deployment
— CLASSIFIED: TOOLS IN DAILY USE —
Nothing exotic. Everything considered.
editor
Helix + tmux
shell
fish
machine
ThinkPad X1 Carbon (Gen 9), NixOS
keyboard
HHKB Pro Hybrid, Type-S
terminal
Ghostty
font
Berkeley Mono
hosting
A single rented VPS. Nothing exotic.
backup
restic → Backblaze B2, nightly
— CORRESPONDENCE —
stephen@swazee.net