I’ve been a FreeBSD user since the late 90s. From 2002 to 2010, I was a ports committer working on the GNOME and Multimedia teams. I have always felt more “at home” with FreeBSD. There is a logic and cohesiveness to the Base System + Ports approach that just clicks for me in a way Linux distros often don’t. But the world changed. The OCI (Docker) container workflow took over, and for good reason: immutable infrastructure and easy updates are incredible for sanity. ...
I have owned ahze.net for a very long time. For most of that time, this domain has been a quiet corner of the internet—mostly used for internal lab services, mail, or just sitting idle. I’ve rarely had anything public-facing or inviting for the outside world to see. I’m changing that today. I’ve decided to start documenting my projects, my experiments with FreeBSD, and the growth of the Daemonless ecosystem here. This site is currently running inside a Daemonless Hugo container on my own infrastructure, which feels like the right way to kick things off. ...