Alex Ellis' Blog

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Alex Ellis writes about open source, cloud infrastructure, OpenFaaS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and other hardware, developer tools, and local AI.

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How and Why We Bought 4x DGX Sparks #AI #Hardware #OpenSource
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Sep 15, 2026
Local Qwen isn't a worse Opus, it's a different tool #OpenSource #AI #CloudNative
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Jun 17, 2026
I wrote a replacement for GitHub's code review bot #OpenSource #AI #DevTools
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Nov 18, 2025
Preview: Slice Up Bare-Metal with Slicer #OpenSource #CloudNative #DevOps
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Aug 30, 2025
I Bought An N100 Mini PC, Then Another #Hardware #MiniPC #OpenSource
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Aug 18, 2025
The 90s UNIX Utility That Fell Out of Favour #Unix #Linux #RetroTech
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Aug 15, 2025
How to run Firecracker without KVM on cloud VMs #OpenSource #CloudNative #Virtualization
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Feb 12, 2025
You might need a portable monitor #Hardware #Tech #OpenSource
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Jun 12, 2024
Explore and debug GitHub Actions via SSH #DevOps #CloudNative #OpenSource
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Feb 20, 2024
Booting the Raspberry Pi 5 from NVMe #RaspberryPi #Hardware #NVMe
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Dec 28, 2023
GitHub Actions as a time-sharing supercomputer #OpenSource #CloudNative #DevOps
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Dec 22, 2023
First Impressions with the Raspberry Pi 5 #RaspberryPi #Hardware #Tech
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Sep 28, 2023
What if your Pods need to trust self-signed certificates? #Kubernetes #DevOps #Security
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Jun 27, 2023
How to use multiple Docker registry mirrors #Docker #CloudNative #DevOps
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Jun 8, 2023
Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know #OpenSource #Docker #Community
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Mar 15, 2023