schemar’s blog

I ended up in a situation where I needed to use a light theme for work due to bright surroundings. My favorite themes didn’t cut it. The contrast was repeatedly insufficient. As a result, I created the BlueberryPeach color theme with good contrast in dark and light mode so that I can switch modes based on my surroundings. You can find a list of ports in the project’s README. Also, this blog’s light and dark themes are BlueberryPeach’s! ...

The blog you are reading is now hosted on sourcehut pages. The transition from cloudflare/github to sourcehut was easy and well documented. Before the switch, I had to manage a setup that was complex compared to what I wanted to achieve. It involved github, cloudflare, and an authorization from cloudflare’s pages to github. On top of that, I had to fuss with hugo versions in the builder a few times and it wasn’t fun. I find cloudflare’s dashboard basically unusable. It annoys me every time I have to open it. ...

Documentation on Keychron customization can be hard to find. Most information is spread across different sources, e.g. reddit, some of it is outdated, and some of it is wrong. Therefore, I decided to document my findings here. ⚠️ I am by no means an expert on this topic. Proceed at your own risk. Using Keychron Launcher You can achieve some advanced key mappings with the Keychron Launcher. You don’t always need QMK or Tap Dance. ...

I wanted to create a synthetic “pop” song on the topic of peaceful and progressive human-machine cooperation.

Our computers access servers on the internet via the servers’ respective IP address. For convenience, however, we use domains as they are easier for us to remember. So how do our browsers know which IP to contact when we ask for a domain? The answer is the Domain Name System or, in short, DNS. This article oversimplifies DNS a lot. You can use it as a starting point when learning about DNS or you can use it as a reference to come back to when you are still learning about DNS. If you want to learn everything about DNS, you need to gather more detailed resources like RFCs 1034, 1035, or 2181. ...