Torstein Skulbru

YouTube premium, iOS app vs web. 🤔🤔🤔🤔

DIY Wi-Fi YouTube subscriber display: ESP8266 + LED Matrix How to make a live YouTube sub counter with MicroPython. Beginner-friendly, no soldering needed.

This was a fun little #DIY #hardware project.

I made a physical YouTube sub counter display using #ESP8266 and #MicroPython.

blog.roysolberg.com/2025/07/yout...

Awesome! Now i just need it to show more than 0 🤔

Wish this thing had less american politics. I could probably adjust my feed prefs but you know.. stuff.

Computers used to scream every time they connected to the Internet. They knew. They tried to warn us. We did not listen.

Opted to use public transportation (boat) instead of driving+ferry today. Same travel time. Price was 7x higher taking public transportation. Yet it’s a mystery why more and more people drive instead of taking public transport

Ever had a single service failure take down your entire system? 😅

Just wrote about building microservices that survive chaos:
• Circuit breakers that know when to give up
• Retries that don't make things worse
• Breaking stuff on purpose!

tskulbru.dev/posts/buildi...

#Kubernetes #golang #devops

I wonder if we will ever see the EU gather together to become a republic, like merging of EU and NATO into a new thing

…I’m not the only weirdo who does this apparently! There’s dozens of us!

Stop drowning in migration scripts! 🌊

Struggling with DB rollbacks? Can't deploy safely? We've all been there.

Here's the systematic approach:
🔥 golang-migrate + Kubernetes
🔥 Easy rollbacks
🔥 Zero-downtime deployments
🔥 End the script chaos

tskulbru.dev/posts/db-mig...

#devops #golang #mongodb

Finally, the good old Windows Vista glass ui coming to my iOS devices. My life is now complete.

My blog (built using AstroJS) now uses Bluesky threads for comments!

No more spam—just real conversation.
Wrote about the why & how (with code) here:
tskulbru.github.io/posts/bluesk...

Would you use Bluesky for blog comments? Let me know!
#bluesky #blogging

If at first you don’t succeed, call it version 1.0 and ship it anyway.

Here’s how you can run resilient AKS workloads on Azure Spot VMs—up to 90% savings, zero downtime.

Learn the real secrets: automatic failover, smart failback, and seamless orchestration between spot & on-demand nodes.

tskulbru.github.io/posts/slash-...

#kubernetes #azure #devops #spotvms #cost

Start saving a lot of money on your Azure AKS by utilizing spot node pools, see how here tskulbru.github.io/posts/azure-...

VIBE coding, or as it so often happens to be: Very Intelligent Bullshit Express

Forgot to post, it’s out!!

Only 10 days left until the new Expeditionary Force audiobook is out!

Your outie enjoys writing unit tests.

Been using chatgpt for a few years, and github copilot. Earlier this year i swapped out copilot for supermaven. Autocomplete and chat is nice but something was “missing”. A week ago I started testing cursor, after I read they had acquired supermaven. The Compose function is a game changer!

Every day i boot into Windows instead of Linux, a kitten dies.

Apple is reimagining the Magic Mouse's charging method. Exceeding the USB port underneath, the new design requires continuous Face ID verification—a constant smile is the key. Hold it up to your face, and let magic happen as it charges, turning a simple act into an engaging and delightful experience

Guess this is what depression looks like

Gratulerer!

Been using TorGuard for years while traveling. Super happy with their services and they take privacy seriously.

Anyway here’s the promo code I got from them.

“75% LIFETIME discount on every TorGuard service and billing plan using promo code BLACKFRIDAY2024.”

#vpn #blackfridaydeals

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Good to hear! They are on my todo list, hope they hold up as well as the tv show (books usually do)

Silo is such a great series!