Software Developer and DevOps Engineer on Lixen

grep vs ripgrep: Architecture, Performance, and Practical Usage

Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

grep remains the standard text search utility across Unix systems, while ripgrep (rg) has emerged as a performance-focused alternative. Both tools serve the fundamental need of pattern matching in text, but differ significantly in architecture and capabilities.

Shell Execution Methods: An Overview

Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Shell execution methods determine process creation, environment inheritance, and resource management. Each method serves specific operational requirements.

The Evolution of LogWisp: From a Simple Script to a Flexible Log Transport System

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

LogWisp was born from a familiar devops frustration: the daily ritual of SSHing into multiple servers to tail and grep log files! While powerful, enterprise-grade logging platforms exist, they often felt like overkill for my small projects and low traffic use cases. I wanted a simple, self-contained, single-binary solution that could stream, aggregate, and filter logs with minimal fuss. This is the story of how that idea evolved into a flexible, pipeline-based log transport system.

About

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

About Me

Hello! I’m a highly skilled software developer with over 20 years of experience in the technology sector. My journey began in the early 1990s, exploring various programming languages and technologies. This early passion for coding drove me to build useful tools and innovative solutions.

I’ve always enjoyed programming. Starting in the early days by exploring languages like Basic, Assembly, Pascal, and C/C++, and transitioned to Matlab and Python for engineering data analysis. Later, I embraced Go, my current favorite, and other modern languages/databases to build high-performance applications. I’ve also gained extensive experience in end-to-end IT solution architecture, network engineering, and deployment on cloud.

Chess

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

About

A Go server that exposes chess as a REST API, with Stockfish behind it for move validation and computer play. The server owns the rules; clients own nothing but the display, which is why three very different ones talk to the same endpoints.

Games are anonymous by default. An account is optional and only changes who the game is recorded against.

Modes: Human vs computer, human vs human, computer vs computer.
Engine: Stockfish, skill level 0–20, per-move search budget 100–10000 ms.
Positions: Any legal FEN — puzzles, endgames, mid-game starts.
Export: PGN move list plus the current FEN, straight to the clipboard.
Clients: Web UI, terminal CLI, and the same CLI compiled to WebAssembly.

Play

Drag-free click-to-move, last-move highlighting, undo, live server and storage indicators, and a move list that copies out as PGN.

Lixen Rings

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Gameplay

8 concentric rotatable rings, each with a single notch, from a random start position.
Align all eight notches onto one vertical line to solve the board.
The twist: rotating a ring drags both of its neighbours along at half speed, so every correction is also a disturbance — the puzzle is working out which ring to move last.

How to Play

Select: Tap to cycle rings (1→8→1), or drag vertically to jump.
Rotate: Drag horizontally to rotate. Adjacent rings move at half speed.
Solve: Align all 8 notches to the vertical line.

Mid-run — ring 4 selected, notches scattered

Solved — all eight notches on one line

Demo

A full run — the goal screen, a new board, manual ring rotations, then the built-in solver finishing it, and back to the goal screen.

Features

No ads, no tracking, no network calls — works offline
Colorful win animation
Built-in puzzle solver
~1 MB install size

Technical Details

Android: 8.0+ (API 26)
Architecture: ARM64, ARM, x86_64
Permissions: None
Data collection: None — see the full Privacy Policy

Policies

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

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Last updated: July 27, 2026

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Vi-Fighter

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

About

A terminal action game on a custom Entity-Component-System engine. Go standard library only — no third-party dependencies, no CGO.

Movement, targeting and editing all run through vi motions: hjkl, w/b/e, f/t, counts, operators, registers and macros, across normal, insert, visual, search and command modes. Keyboard, mouse, or both.

Enemies adapt during the run in some map setups. Species parameters mutate against past-generation fitness, and spawn probability shifts toward routes that score.