Timothy Bryant Jr.

Brief Musings: Short Posts for Quick Insights and Thoughts

Introduction

When I first built sysinformer, my goal was simple: make it easier to get system information and status without memorizing a bunch of cryptic commands or sifting through verbose outputs. The Python version worked well enough for my needs, but it had one big limitation—portability....

Introduction

When it comes to running a homelab, sometimes all you need is a straightforward way to know when your apps are down—no bells, no whistles, and definitely no complicated configuration files. That’s exactly why I built PingPulse.

The Problem with Over-Engineered Monitoring

My jour...

Introduction

I wanted to try out Go and the first step was to install it. Unlike other languages I've used, say python for example, I had an extremely hard time installing it. Installing Go itself was simple, but when I'd go to use packages, things just didn't see to work as I expected. In a few...