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Organizing different repositories and environmental variables

Organizing different publishing libraries should be straightforward in the build.gradle in situations where you might pubish to a snapshot repository vs a release repository.

In the following build.gradle, note that I can simply change the publishRepository to releasesRepository and the artifact will be published accordingly. I don't yet have a sexy solution for having the "SNAPSHOT" at the end of the version, but I will report back if I streamline that further.

Setting up a Free, Self Hosted, Photo Storage Alternative

I am amazed at how good this free and open-source photo solution is. A software called Immich, developed by an electrical/software engineer, who wanted no-limits, private, free alternative to storing photos after starting a family.

Hey, I also started a family not that long ago and all of the sudden, I started taking TONS of photos. Fortunately for me, Alex has already created this amazing solution and open-sourced it, so that the whole community gets to use this!

Building a Home Server with an old PC

So I had an old PC laying in the closet that I haven't touched in probably 2 to 3 years and decided to turn it into a new toy for the house. In today's post, I will go over installing Ubuntu on our old desktop, configuring it as a network drive, configuring Remote Desktop, and talk about the things I want to do with this.