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April 2026

• Anime backlog app

  There's a little oddity about me: I like to make lists and do things systematically and in order. I also like to watch anime, and there are a lot of anime that I’m planning to watch later. And so I had a need to create an app that would solve my problem of making lists of anime that I would like to watch in the future. Before creating this app, I was making do with Google Docs spreadsheets, but I wanted to create something of my own, with features that are difficult or impossible to implement in spreadsheets (for example, requesting information about anime from an external database using the API). And besides, it happened that I got a subscription to chatgpt plus, and so I decided to try my hand at so-called “vibe coding”. I have created applications, simple programs and scripts for my personal use before, but this time I decided to take the project seriously, having read quite a lot of material about vibe-coding. I used a tactic of the multi-staged prompting with set a set of high…

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• Borgmatic backup…

  Problem When running borgmatic create prune via the systemd service (borgmatic.service), the backup process hung indefinitely during the create phase after the log line Processing files … and the warning /var/lib/docker/containers/...-json.log: file changed while we backed it up. The hang occurred only when the database hooks were active (mariadb_databases and sqlite_databases). These hooks automatically enable --read-special and cause borgmatic to include temporary dump files, which in turn triggered extensive special-file exclusions under /var/lib/docker. A broad exclusion - /var/lib/docker/** prevented the hang but also omitted all Docker volume data (persistent application files located under /var/lib/docker/volumes/). Manual execution of borgmatic create from an interactive root shell completed successfully, confirming the issue was specific to the non-interactive systemd execution environment combined with Docker’s overlay2 layers, container logs, and runtime files. Root Cause…

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March 2026

• Organazing home…

  I've organized my first home automated backup system and tried my best to describe it (the system seems a bit complicated to me, so in case something goes wrong I'll definitely need a reference). Since this is my first attempt at setting up a backup system, it may have some flaws. Backup System Documentation TL;DR All backups are stored on NAS (192.168.88.40) Storage path: /srv/backups, /mnt/media/backups (for media) Tools: borg + borgmatic + bash scripts Clients: arch-pc, vps-nl, NAS itself Check status: systemctl status borgmatic.timer Logs: journalctl -u borgmatic.service Restore: see "Restore" section Architecture [arch-pc] ──(borgmatic.timer -> daily at 22:00)──borgmatic {/etc/borgmatic.d/arch-pc.yaml} ──▶ [NAS]──/srv/backups/arch-pc (Samsung SSD) [vps-nl] ──(borgmatic.timer -> daily at 16:00 Server time (21:00 EKT))──borgmatic {/etc/borgmatic/config.yaml} ──▶ [NAS]──/srv/backups/vps-nl (Samsung SSD) [arch-pc-media] ──media-backup.sh (running manually)──borgmatic…

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• Docker container…

  So today last.fm stopped working for Russia: ❯ curl -I https://www.last.fm/ | head -n1 HTTP/2 403 So here's the problem: now my dockerized Navidrome server won't scrobble tracks to last.fm, and since Navidrome doesn't support proxy configuration, I have to route all network traffic from the container through a proxy server. Sometimes I feel like I'm between a rock and a hard place, because the restrictions are coming from both sides... But something good always comes out of every bad situation, and from this one I'll learn a bit more about proxying docker containers. Anyways. What's my goal: make Navidrome scrobble tracks to last.fm again by routing its traffic though my host machine's Xray proxy. What's my steps: Install and configure xray on my server Update docker compose, add proxy variables So first I need to update my Xray configuration. Basically I need to tell Xray to listen on all network interfaces (0.0.0.0) so the Docker container can reach it: "inbounds"…

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• Test title

  Hello everyone. This will be my rough draft notebook, where I'll write my random thoughts in poor English, along with technical notes for personal use. You won't find anything interesting here, so if you've randomly stumbled upon this blog, you can leave now without any regret.

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