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Ultimately, I enjoy problem solving, whether through software development or when managing servers. The more complex the problem the happier I am, leading to a real feeling of ambivalence whenever Im asked to investigate a compromised server - its terrible news for the customer, but presents me with a new challenge to sink my teeth into. /p>p>Ive a pretty broad range of skills, all built up through experience, but I decided quite a long time ago not to take my memory for granted. As a result, the predecessor to this site was born, largely as a documentation project, something I continue to add to regularly. If any of that documentation is of use to others, then thats great!/p>p>For more information see a hrefpages/about-me.html>About Me/a>/p>/div>/div> /div> /div> /div> /div>/div>div classcontainer idcontent rolemain> div classbody-content> !--Body content--> div classpostindex> article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/selfhosting-a-firefox-sync-server.html classu-url>Self Hosting A Firefox Sync Server/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/documentation/linux/selfhosting-a-firefox-sync-server.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2026-01-03T16:37:00Z itempropdatePublished title2026-01-03 16:37>2026-01-03 16:37/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Logos/firefox-logo-1.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>In one form or another, a hrefhttps://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/sync/>Firefox Sync/a> has been around for years (in fact, its not em>that/em> far off being decadestrong>s/strong>...)./p>p>It allows you to share tabs, history and bookmarks between browsers on different devices (though, frustratingly, it a hrefhttps://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/save-all-settings-when-sync/idi-p/15290#U15290>doesnt sync settings or extension config/a>)./p>p>Although sending that data via a 3rd party server might sound concerning, Mozilla are unable to see the content thats being synced because the data a hrefhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-firefox-sync-keeps-your-data-safe-even-if-tls-fails>is end-to-end encrypted/a>./p>p>All the same, I like to self host where possible (and, frankly, needed something to keep me out of trouble), so decided to look at the feasibility of self-hosting a sync server./p>p>This post talks about the process of setting the sync server up: its been tested as working with Firefox, a hrefhttps://www.waterfox.com/>Waterfox/a> and Firefox Mobile. /p>p>It should work with other a hrefhttps://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/12/18/firefox_no_ai_alternative_waterfox/#c_5198541>fireforks/a> too./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/selfhosting-a-firefox-sync-server.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/blog/the-internet/publishing-my-sites-using-woodpecker-ci.html classu-url>Using Woodpecker CI to publish site updates/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/blog/the-internet/publishing-my-sites-using-woodpecker-ci.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2026-01-01T16:08:00Z itempropdatePublished title2026-01-01 16:08>2026-01-01 16:08/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/BlogItems/woodpecker-ci-setup/woodpecker_logo.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>I recently a hrefposts/blog/general/playing-with-woodpecker-ci.html>deployed Woodpecker CI/a>./p>p>My original post talks about using CI jobs to periodically rebuild container images, but thats not the only thing that Ive been using a hrefhttps://woodpecker-ci.org/>Woodpecker/a> for./p>p>Almost all of my sites are built using a hrefhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static_site_generator>static site generators (SSG)/a>: mostly a hrefhttps://getnikola.com/>Nikola/a> with some sites using a hrefhttps://gohugo.io/>Hugo/a> (Note: I also want to get around to playing about with Stefano Marinellis a hrefhttps://bssg.dragas.net/>BSSG/a>)./p>p>Deploying a static site isnt a particularly novel use of CI, but its still something that I wanted to get up and running./p>p>This post describes using Woodpecker CI to build and deploy static sites before flushing the BunnyCDN cache./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/blog/the-internet/publishing-my-sites-using-woodpecker-ci.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/documentation/shooting/weihrauch-hw100-air-leak.html classu-url>Weihrauch HW100 Gas Leak/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/documentation/shooting/weihrauch-hw100-air-leak.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-12-26T16:24:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-12-26 16:24>2025-12-26 16:24/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Documentation/hw100-regulator-seals/pressure_gauge.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>My PCP air rifle is a a hrefhttps://weihrauch.co.uk/rifles/hw100-t>Weihrauch HW100 T/a>./p>p>The rifle developed a slow leak: I could fill and use it, but over the course of a couple of days any stored pressure would be gone. This was problematic because leaving the gun empty for long periods can allow moisture to find its way into the cylinder./p>p>My leak appeared after Id removed the cylinder for a depressurisation. I refilled it before re-attaching, so the seals will have gone from 1 to 200 bar in an instant (which is fine... until it isnt)./p>p>This post describes dismantling the gun to replace various o-rings. It walks through checking the most likely culprits up to replacing the regulator seals and then resetting the regulator pressure./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/documentation/shooting/weihrauch-hw100-air-leak.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/blog/general/playing-with-woodpecker-ci.html classu-url>Playing Around With Woodpecker CI/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/blog/general/playing-with-woodpecker-ci.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-12-20T12:22:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-12-20 12:22>2025-12-20 12:22/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/BlogItems/woodpecker-ci-setup/woodpecker_logo.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>Last weekend, I decided to stand up a hrefhttps://woodpecker-ci.org>Woodpecker CI/a> so that I could have a play around with it./p>p>In my working life, Ive been exposed to a (horrifying) range of CI/CD systems but (perhaps as a consequence) have never really felt much desire to run anything similar at home./p>p>But, I was in the mood to play around with something and this crossed my mind first./p>p>Most of my projects live in a self-hosted a hrefcategories/gitlab.html>Gitlab/a> instance, so I needed to hook Woodpecker up to that./p>p>This post talks about deployment and experimentation, including automating rebuild of some container images./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/blog/general/playing-with-woodpecker-ci.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/blog/general/replacing-subsonic-with-gonic.html classu-url>Migrating Our Music from Subsonic to Gonic/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/blog/general/replacing-subsonic-with-gonic.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-12-05T19:05:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-12-05 19:05>2025-12-05 19:05/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Logos/my_gopher.png classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>We have em>almost/em> always self-hosted our music collection and, for a little over a decade now, have been streaming music from a self-hosted instance of a hrefhttps://subsonic.org>Subsonic/a>./p>p>However, that install is now em>positively ancient/em>: the most recent release of Subsonic was a hrefhttps://subsonic.org/pages/changelog.jsp>cut in November 2019/a> and is susceptible to things like a hrefhttps://www.ncsc.gov.uk/information/log4j-vulnerability-what-everyone-needs-to-know>the log4j vulnerability/a> (I mitigated by locking down access at the reverse proxy)./p>p>Ive periodically looked for alternatives but (until recently) have never quite found anything that we were able to make the jump to. Ever since Subsonic a hrefhttps://web.archive.org/web/20250208154945/http://forum.subsonic.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f4&t16604#p71128>went closed source/a>, there have been various forks (Airsonic em>et al/em>), but few seem to have stayed in development for very long (and are all, of course, heavy Java apps)./p>p>Recently, though, I stumbled across a hrefhttps://github.com/sentriz/gonic>Gonic/a>./p>p>Rather than being a fork, Gonic is a Subsonic em>compatible/em> server, which meant that I could still (more or less) just point our existing players at it./p>p>This post talks about migrating our music collection from Subsonic to Gonic./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/blog/general/replacing-subsonic-with-gonic.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/blog/house-stuff/replacing-google-nest-with-a-matter-thermostat.html classu-url>Replacing a Google Nest Thermostat with Home Assistant/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/blog/house-stuff/replacing-google-nest-with-a-matter-thermostat.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-11-25T15:44:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-11-25 15:44>2025-11-25 15:44/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/BlogItems/homeassistant-heating/ha-thermostat.png classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>Not long after we moved into this house, we installed a smart thermostat: a Google Nest Gen3. /p>p>Ive disliked it ever since./p>p>Lowlights include a hrefhttps://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9250165?hlen-GB>True Radiant/a> turning the boiler on a hrefimages/BlogItems/electricity_consumption_home/nest_tweet.png>5 hours early/a> and a hrefhttps://support.google.com/googlenest/answer/9251759?sjid11077176708802741593-EU>Home/Away assist/a> turning the heating off while we watched a movie (we hadnt moved from the sofa, so em>obviously/em> it decided that no-one was home)./p>p>Once Id turned off all of its smarts, my dislike for the thermostat simmered down to something closer to disdain: what we now had was a massively overpriced schedulable thermostat./p>p>Except, it was actually slightly em>worse/em>: normal thermostats dont come with a dependency on Googles cloud platform (a dependency that only increased once I a hrefhttps://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/nest/#configuration>hooked it up to Home Assistant/a> so that I could restore some level of smartness)./p>p>Google recently a hrefhttps://www.tomsguide.com/home/smart-home/google-announces-end-of-support-for-1st-and-2nd-gen-nest-thermostats-what-you-need-to-know>end-of-lifed the Gen 1 and Gen 2 Nest thermostats/a> leaving owners with a dumb (but at least working) thermostat./p>p>This served as the kick up the arse that I needed: the writing would probably soon be on the wall for my Gen 3 too and, if I wanted to maintain my current capabilities, Id need to find em>something/em> to replace it./p>p>Four years ago, I a hrefposts/blog/house-stuff/716-automating-our-heating.html#conclusion>wrote the following/a>:/p>blockquote>p>Given the choice between NEST and Hive, I think Id now go HIVE, but realistically the next time Im in the market, my choice will probably be neither./p>/blockquote>p>Although I did (briefly) look at Hive, I decided that it was best to stick with my original instinct and look for local-only hardware./p>p>This post describes replacing our Nest thermostat with locally controllable hardware, hooked up to a hrefhttps://www.home-assistant.io/>Home Assistant/a> for scheduling, control and automation./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/blog/house-stuff/replacing-google-nest-with-a-matter-thermostat.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/blog/health/spending-a-week-without-gummies.html classu-url>A Week Without Medicinal Gummies/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/blog/health/spending-a-week-without-gummies.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-11-22T16:54:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-11-22 16:54>2025-11-22 16:54/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/BlogItems/a-week-without-gummies/curaleaf_pastilles-cropped.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>Its a little over a month since I was a hrefposts/blog/health/starting-on-the-medical-weed-path.html>prescribed medicinal cannabis/a> and have been taking half to a full gummy each evening (aside from not wanting to risk being impaired during the day, higher levels of daily use are a hrefhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7089844/>associated with lower levels of pain relief/a>)./p>p>For my prescriptions to continue, I need to (virtually) attend a check up appointment in order to discuss whether its proving effective (as well as ensure that there havent been any issues etc)./p>p>Conveniently (unfortunately?), I have just had a demonstration of efficacy./p>p>Last week, I attended a work on-site in Playa Del Carmen, Cancun. Unfortunately, I was unable to carry medicinal cannabis into the country (I asked the Mexican embassy in advance and they said as far as we are concerned, it is prohibited)./p>p>Thats em>not great/em>, but did lead to me having a better understanding of how much its been helping (You never realise the value of something until its gone and all that). /p>p>This post talks about that experience./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/blog/health/spending-a-week-without-gummies.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/enabling-fingerprint-authentication-on-linux.html classu-url>Enabling Fingerprint Authentication On Linux/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/documentation/linux/enabling-fingerprint-authentication-on-linux.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-11-22T11:48:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-11-22 11:48>2025-11-22 11:48/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Documentation/linux-fingerprints/fingerprint_ai.jpg classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>My work laptop is made by a hrefhttps://frame.work/gb/en>Framework/a> and apparently has a fingerprint sensor built into the power button./p>p>Once I found out, I wanted to set it up so that I had a more convenient means of authenticating when working on the go (its a little less useful in my office as I tend to dock with the laptop lid closed)./p>p>PAM integration allows me to use the fingerprint reader to login to, and unlock my laptop. em>Technically/em> it can also be used for SSH authentication, though I wouldnt normally have the necessary proximity to actually use it./p>p>This post describes how to enable fingerprint authentication on Linux. Although I wrote it because of my Framework, it also works with fingerprint enabled Thinkpads (you can find a list of supported chips a hrefhttps://fprint.freedesktop.org/supported-devices.html>here/a>). /p>p>This post details the commands needed for both Debian and Red-hat based systems./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/enabling-fingerprint-authentication-on-linux.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/documentation/general/automating-backup-of-photos-from-ente.html classu-url>Automatically Backing Up Ente Photos/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/documentation/general/automating-backup-of-photos-from-ente.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-11-02T20:32:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-11-02 20:32>2025-11-02 20:32/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Logos/ente_ducky.png classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>About 6 months ago, I imported our photo collection into a hrefhttps://ente.io/>Ente Photos/a>./p>p>Before that, our memories lived in a hrefhttps://nextcloud.com/>Nextcloud/a>. Although its great for file syncing, Nextcloud didnt really work all that well for us as a photo manager (in fairness, thats probably largely because Id pulled them in via a Shared Storage rather than putting any em>real/em> effort in)./p>p>Like Nextcloud, Ente a hrefhttps://github.com/ente-io/ente>is open source/a>. Originally, Id intended to use Entes SaaS offering for a little while and the migrate to self-hosting once I was happy that it was the right solution./p>p>That migration never happened (Ive been happy enough, and the cost is low enough, that Ive not really felt the urge to move)./p>p>It does mean, though, that the availability of our (ever growing) photo collection is reliant on Entes disaster recovery posture./p>p>Ente have not given me any reason to doubt them (in fact, their approach to reliability is a hrefhttps://ente.io/reliability/>well documented/a>), but our photos are em>utterly irreplaceable/em> and using em>any hosted offering/em> comes with some risk of disappearance (or of being acquired by a company which goes on to ruin it), often without any prior warning./p>p>To their credit, this is something that Ente a hrefhttps://ente.io/blog/ente-cli/>explicity recognised/a> when first introducing the CLI./p>p>This blog post talks about using the code>ente/code> CLI to automate a periodic incremental backup of the photos that we store in Ente. Its primarily focused on deploying into Kubernetes but also details how to do so using Docker or a native install./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/documentation/general/automating-backup-of-photos-from-ente.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>article classh-entry post-text itemscopeitemscope itemtypehttp://schema.org/Article>header>h1 classp-name entry-title>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/monitoring-a-UPS-with-telegraf-and-grafana.html classu-url>Monitoring a UPS with Telegraf and Grafana/a>/h1> div classmetadata> p classbyline author vcard>span classbyline-name fn itempropauthor> Ben Tasker /span>/p> p classdateline> a hrefposts/documentation/linux/monitoring-a-UPS-with-telegraf-and-grafana.html relbookmark> time classpublished dt-published datetime2025-10-27T14:12:00Z itempropdatePublished title2025-10-27 14:12>2025-10-27 14:12/time>/a> /p> /div> /header>div classp-summary entry-summary> img itempropimage srcimages/Documentation/telegraf-ups/dashboard.png classintroimage styledisplay: none>div>p>Our power supply is normally pretty reliable, but last week we had a an outage./p>p>Although weve got solar, we dont (currently) have an a hrefhttps://www.energysage.com/energy-storage/islanding-and-batteries-what-you-need-to-know/>islanding switch/a>, so when the grid goes down, so do we./p>p>This power outage only lasted about 45 minutes, but came at a em>really/em> bad time: I was due to be interviewing someone, so had to try and get signal so that I could em>at least/em> send a SMS and tell them that wed need to re-schedule./p>p>I em>used/em> to have a UPS, but didnt replace it after the battery reached end-of-life - at the time we had a young child in the house, so having something be persistently energised seemed like quite a bad idea./p>p>Thats no longer a concern though, so I decided that it was time to plug important things (laptop, switch router etc) into a UPS - partly to protect them from damage, but also so that theres something that I can em>do/em> during an outage (this week, I couldnt do much more than sit and work my way through a Toblerone)./p>p>This post details the process of installing a hrefhttps://networkupstools.org/>Network UPS Tools (NUT)/a> and configuring a hrefhttps://github.com/influxdata/telegraf>Telegraf/a> to collect metrics from it, allowing graphing and alerting in a hrefhttps://grafana.com>Grafana/a>./p>p classmore>a hrefposts/documentation/linux/monitoring-a-UPS-with-telegraf-and-grafana.html>Read more…/a>/p>/div> div classclear>/div> /div> /article>/div> ul classpager postindexpager clearfix>li classnext>a hrefindex-83.html relnext>Older posts/a>/li> /ul>!--End of body content-->div idrelatedsnippets styledisplay: none> h3 idrelatedposts_title>Related Snippets/h3> ul idRandomSnippets>/ul>/div> div idlatestposts>/div> div idon-this-day>/div> div idsearch-form-bottom> search rolesearch>!-- DuckDuckGo custom search -->form methodget idsearch actionhttps://duckduckgo.com/ classnavbar-form pull-left> input typehidden namesites valuehttps://www.bentasker.co.uk/>input typehidden namek8 value#444444>input typehidden namek9 value#D51920>input typehidden namekt valueh>input typesearch nameq maxlength255 placeholderSearch… classspan2 stylemargin-top: 4px;>input typesubmit valueDuckDuckGo Search stylevisibility: hidden;>/form> !-- End of custom search --> /search>/div> footer idfooter>div classfootlinkwrap> div classfootlinks> a titlelicense details hrefpages/licensedetails.html>License/a> a titlePrivacy Policy hrefpages/privacy-policy.html>Privacy Policy/a> a titleCookies hrefpages/cookies.html>Cookies/a> a titleAbout Me hrefpages/about-me.html>About Me/a> a titleBrowse Via Tor hrefhttp://e26whn2524322mkxb3cbyk27ev2ihhq2biz35hty7gzgsyrwrygq27yd.onion>Via Tor/a> a titleBrowse Via I2P (also at bentasker.i2p) hrefhttp://gdncgijky3xvocpkq6xqk5uda4vsnvzuk7ke7jrvxnvyjwkq35iq.b32.i2p/>Via I2P/a> a titleService Status hrefhttps://github.com/bentasker/service-status/>Service Status/a> /div> /div> Contents © 2026 a hrefpages/about-me.html>Ben Tasker/a> - 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